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.
May 9th 2025
This week’s Infection Control Today’s Hot Topics in IPC discusses the latest in the measles outbreak, H5N1 in cattle herds, HICPAC, and more.
Oversight of ASCs Necessary for Patient Safety
July 8th 2010Until adequate oversight of all ambulatory facilities is in place, we will continue to read of bad practices cause patient harm -- whether from poor hand hygiene, improper use of medications and injection equipment, incorrect practices around cleaning, disinfection and sterilization and environmental cleaning.