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HAIs
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.
Traceability: Challenges IPs Face Keeping an Instrument Decontaminated
November 24, 2021
La’Titia Houston MPH, BSN, RN, CIC: “We work not only with the bedside nurses and the sterile processors, but even with our clinicians, our physicians. They want a timeout before the procedure is even performed because they want to ensure that the scope did pass during the high-level disinfection procedure.”
Bug of the Month: I Think I’m Scarier Than COVID-19
November 22, 2021
Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in healthcare facilities today.
Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today: Boosters Messaging Muddle, School Ventilation, Smallpox Scare
November 19, 2021
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 19.
Ventilation: What Schools Can Learn from Hospitals
November 17, 2021
As part of infection prevention against COVID-19, schools spent millions of federal dollars trying to upgrade ventilation systems. That money has been ill-spent, warn some experts.
ATP Disinfection Can Be Improved for Real-World Application
November 16, 2021
One of many presentations at the ISSA Show North America 2021 this week seeks to light an entrepreneurial fire under an old concept.
How to Keep Sharps Safety a Cut Above
November 12, 2021
No health care worker is immune from the dangers of handling sharps. Physicians hold a rate just under that of nurses, mostly related to use of scalpels, but are less likely to report these injuries.
Infection Prevention Post-Pandemic: What To Keep? What To Stop?
November 12, 2021
What does the post-COVID-19 future look like for infection preventonists? Great strides in infection prevention have been made because of the COVID-19 response, but look for them to be modified moving forward.
Not Blinded by the Light: Assessing ATP’s Disinfection Potential
November 11, 2021
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence needs technological enhancement if it’s to reach its full potential as a disinfection tool, says a study.
Prepare for the Post-Pandemic Normal, IPs
November 03, 2021
Doe Kley, RN, CIC, MPH,T-CHEST: “We just can’t keep doing what we’ve been doing with our singular focus on one pathogen. We know that while we were doing that—while we were so busy with COVID-19—other really dangerous and emerging pathogens got a foothold. The one that scares me the most is Candida auris.”
Environmental Services Workers Need to be Certified
November 02, 2021
Darrel Hicks: “EVS teams work around professionals who are certified—whether it’s respiratory therapists, physical therapists, the RNs, the doctors—and I think if we ever hoped to elevate their status that we need to certify environmental services workers to a certain level of knowledge before they even start cleaning patient rooms.”