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.

Sequencing-Based Diagnostics Critical to Fighting Against Infectious Disease

November 09, 2022

While sequencing-based diagnostics have been used since the 1970s, only recently has the technology been used for infectious diseases.

Weekly Rounds: A Day in the Life of an Infection Preventionists, Bug of the Month, and More

November 05, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 4, 2022.

Self-disinfecting High Touch Surfaces in Practical Use

October 31, 2022

Can antimicrobial products withstand day-to-day real-life wear and tear if the antimicrobial material is part of the product and not only a coating? A study in Switzerland tried to find out.

Weekly Rounds: Temporary Isolation Wards, 3 C's Finale: Collaboration, and More

October 31, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending October 28.

Temporary Isolation Wards During COVID-19 Pandemic Prove Effective Against Transmission Risk

October 28, 2022

Temporary isolation wards were used continually throughout 2021, during a surge in community transmission driven by the COVID-19 Delta variant, but were the wards effective in keeping down environmental transmission?

Nurses and Infection Preventionists: An Integral Partnership

October 27, 2022

Infection preventionists and perioperative nurses should collaborate to track and share infection rate data and participate in interdisciplinary workgroups to emphasize patient safety amid burnout and staffing and supply shortages.

Weekly Rounds: Medical VR Training, Environmental Hygiene, and More

October 24, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending October 21.

Containing Outbreak of Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 Ward

October 21, 2022

Using COVID-19 precautions, and enhanced contact precautions and environmental hygiene, a COVID-19 isolation ward was able to contain an outbreak of CRAB.

Clostridioides difficile: Speeding Up Rigor and Reproducibility of Susceptibility Testing

October 21, 2022

Investigators search for increased speed, reliability, and durability in susceptibility testing for C difficile.

Parneix Discusses France's Fight Against COVID-19, Monkeypox, and Influenza in France

October 19, 2022

Pierre Parneix, MD, speaks with Infection Control Today® on his work as the president of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene, his work with the Clean Hospitals, and his outlook on France’s fight against infectious disease in the near future.