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Latest News

July 18th 2011
Clinical Study on VAP Published in Journal of Critical Care

July 18th 2011

Kimberly-Clark Launches KimVent Multi-Access Port Closed Suction System

July 12th 2011

Bundle Reduced CLABSIs, Achieved Significant Cost Savings

July 12th 2011

Ventilator Bundle, Other Interventions Reduced VAP Rates in the ICU

July 11th 2011

Non-Scrubbed Personnel in Cardiac Surgery Have Poor Infection Control Compliance

Unified Infection Prevention: The Key to Targeting Zero HAIs

Infection preventionists face a challenging and often times daunting task meeting the day-to-day regulatory requirements for public reporting of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified hand hygiene as the single most important intervention to reduce the transmission of infection.

Elevating Infection Prevention: Critical Next Steps

ICT spoke with Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC, the 2011 president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), about current issues and critical next steps to advance the infection prevention agenda.