The Infection Control Today® health care-acquired infections (HAIs) page presents updates on the latest techniques and strategies in the never-ending battle between infection preventionists and HAIs. Focusing on the latest in medical literature, we also present perspectives from the top infection preventionists and other medical experts in the country about how to put the growing knowledge of HAIs into use in the everyday world of infection prevention. Articles and videos often focus on methods to contain and control pathogens and multidrug-resistant organisms from spreading within the health care system.
February 02, 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.
January 21, 2023
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 20, 2023.
January 19, 2023
A study clearly shows that surgical site infections (SSIs) can be reduced by changing surgical gloves and instruments before the closing abdominal wound closure.
January 18, 2023
Information for infection preventionists to manage ESBL-producers even while fighting against COVID-19.
January 07, 2023
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 6, 2023.
January 06, 2023
In this third installment of 3, Infection Control Today® continues the one father's story of how sepsis can enter central lines and how it affects the entire family.
January 04, 2023
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, infection preventionists, nurses, environmental services personnel, and other health care workers cannot forget about C auris.
December 30, 2022
In this second installment of 3, Infection Control Today® continues a personal story of how sepsis can enter central lines and how it affects the entire family.
December 10, 2022
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 9, 2022.
December 08, 2022
The TAP Strategy developed by the CDC and SAIL from the US Department of Veterans Affairs prove to be key tools for setting health care-associated infection prevention goals on CLABSI and CAUTI.