Hand Hygiene

Have foodborne infections returned to prepandemic levels? What information should infection prevention and control personnel offer to patients and staff to prevent an E coli infection?

Infection preventions across the United States and the world converge at the annual APIC conference to learn the newest information on IPC. Read this article on who else should go to learn how to prevent and control infections.

As more and more residents in long-term care facilities get Candida auris, infection preventionists must know how to prevent, prepare for, and control a C auris outbreak. An expert explains how.

The recent increase in drug-resistant strains of Candida auris, causing mortality at rates as high as 60%, raises questions regarding the spread of this pathogen as a health care-associated infection, cleaning/disinfecting protocol, and treatment via antifungal drugs.

Hand hygiene requirements for inpatient health care are numerous and varied. An electronic system to help monitor adherence with some indications benefits the hospital, although it may also introduce some drawbacks.

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

Establishing a permanent system for monitoring the persistence and emergence of dangerous pathogens is necessary, especially COVID-19.

Maintaining proper hand hygiene is crucial in ensuring our safety and that of those around us and is rightly celebrated worldwide.

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 30, 2023.

Findings provide the first published evidence of the relationship between standard precaution adherence and the safety of health care workers and patients.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 23, 2023.

Unlike hospitals, ambulatory settings have traditionally lacked adequate infrastructure and resources to support infection prevention and monitoring.

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 16, 2023.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 9, 2023.

International Infection Preventionist Day is a time to recognize the critical work of infection preventionists and to raise awareness about the importance of infection prevention in protecting public health.

Despite the recent CDC warning and frightening media coverage, understanding which patients are at a higher risk of Candida auris is important too. The lead author of the recent CDC's study spoke to ICT's sister brand for further insights on the threat.

NIH News Release: "...findings suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection damages the CD8+ T cell response, an effect akin to that observed in earlier studies showing long-term damage to the immune system after infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or HIV."

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 19, 2023.

A new study focuses on insights that can be used to create interventions for better hand hygiene adherence among all medical professionals.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 12, 2023.

Doe Kley, MPH, RN, CIC, LTC-CIP, T-CHEST, does a deep dive into what the key priorities infection preventionists and environmental hygienists should focus on in 2023. This is the first of 3 installments.

As the third year of COVID-19 begins, some questions have been answered, but others still remain. ICT asked leaders in the infection prevention and control field what answers the medical world needs now.

What should individuals getting a tattoo look for to protect themselves from infection?

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending February 3, 2023.

How can food service and health care workers prevent the spread of norovirus? Keeping employees at home, using the correct products the right way, and more.

Are norovirus cases going to skyrocket, or will the pandemic slowdown of this infectious disease continue?

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 27, 2023.

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.