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.
September 18th 2023
In this Hot Topics in IPC, Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, FAPIC, discusses COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, Legionella infections from transplants, and hospital leadership.
September 5th 2023
Infection Control Today's Educator of the Year Award
September 5th 2023Infection Control Today® is honored to announce it is reviving the Infection Control Today’s Educator of the Year Award™. For more information, please listen to Linda Spaulding, RN, CIC, the 2003 Winner of the Infection Control Today’s Educator of the Year Award.
IPC Pros Helping Other: Engaging Staff Through an Infection Prevention and Control Educational Fair
August 3rd 2023In this installment of IPC Pros Helping Each Other, a long-term care infection preventionists in New Hampshire describes the IPC educational fair her facility organized for the rest of the staff. Michele M, director of nursing services, said, “[The educational fair] was a creative and interactive way to engage staff in infection control education.”
FDA Approves RSV Drug for Children Up to 24 Months
July 17th 2023AstraZeneca's new drug, a monoclonal antibody, was given FDA approval after the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC) to the FDA voted in June to recommend the approval of nirsevimab (Beyfortus) for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in infants.
APIC Conferences Are for IPs, but Who Else Would Benefit? Remastering Leadership Methods
June 26th 2023Infection 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.
APIC Honors Karen Hoffmann With Prestigious Award at 2023 Conference
June 21st 2023Karen Hoffmann, MS, RN, CIC, FSHEA, FAPIC, will be honored with the Carole DeMille Achievement Award during the 2023 APIC conference in Orlando, Florida, held June 26 to 28, 2023. She also discusses the poster she will be presenting.
Delving into the Scabies Outbreak Within an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting
June 12th 2023An outbreak investigation in the American Journal of Infection Control reviews the infection control procedures implemented by an academic medical center in response to a patient's introduction of scabies to health care workers.