Mask Respirator

November 29, 2022

Integrating home and community, long-term care facilities are supposed to be a haven for patients and their families. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping the patients and the staff safe was a constant battle. An infection preventionist who lived through it discusses the challenges at her facility.

November 28, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 25, 2022.

November 23, 2022

As the festive holidays begin, even with vaccinations and boosters, COVID-19 still remains a concern for long COVID-19 and other severe long-term effects.

November 21, 2022

A student-led COVID-19 contact-tracer program reduced exposures and infections at start of the pandemic.

November 21, 2022

Hospitalized children may be scared and uncertain, and therapy animals can help ease their insecurities. But what is done to protect the humans—and the animals—from infectious diseases?

November 18, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 18, 2022.

November 16, 2022

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, covers updates on health care associated-infections, masking at schools, and Ebola in Uganda and Dengue in Arizona. Read on for all the details.

October 16, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending October 14.

October 14, 2022

The additive effects of long COVID-19 with repeat infections, combined with the long-term persistence of long COVID-19 systems, does not bode well for the United States’ workforce. N95 masks, vaccines, boosters, and improvements in ventilation are keys to prevention.

October 13, 2022

During Sterile Processing Week, ICT® recognizes the job of sterile processing personnel as highly skilled labor in an uncomfortable work environment. It is also dangerous to those individuals who may pass through the room the sterile processing personnel are working in.