Personal Protective Equipment

Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relaxed recommendations which neither control or prevent a rapidly evolving and disabling disease, COVID-19. However, we must maintain effective efforts to control spread of the virus.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending August 12.

Using ultrasound transducers is often necessary in the emergency department, but too often the proper procedures to protect against health care associated infections are not followed, and clinicians are worried.

A carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) cluster was identified and stopped because of due diligence of the infection preventionists at an acute care facility in Louisiana.

COVID-19, and the emotional and physical toll it caused, reached all corners of the globe. At a nursing home in Hawaii, the staff describes how the pandemic has affected them.

With the World Health Organization declaring monkeypox a global emergency, Infection Control Today® looks at what lessons SARS-CoV-2 gave but were not followed, and what could be next.

Infection preventionists are not alone, despite how the COVID-19 pandemic has often made them feel. They are one point of the patient's triad--and the bonds within the triad are vital for the patient's outcome.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending July 15.

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, and her colleagues examined how COVID-19 affected infection preventionists’ mental and physical health, and in an exclusive interview, she discusses how facilities and IPs themselves can mitigate burnout.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending July 8.

Certain disinfecting cycles can be used to extend the frequency and use of single-use respirators, but how do they affect the respirator filtration efficiency?

They should be partners making each other and their patients safe through communication, education, and action plans.

It is easy to become complacent, but the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is not over, and long COVID-19 and the new variants are causing rising concern.

Biosafety risks for patients with SARS-CoV-2 may be overlooked, and some control measures may bring about cross-contamination of the tests being done and cause biosafety accidents.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 27.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 20.

A comprehensive look at whether mask wearing is beneficial for both SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses spread by airborne particles and respiratory droplets.

A new comprehensive article lays out best practice guidelines for 14 areas of infection prevention and control.

Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (CBIC) is debuting a new certification for infection preventionists (IPs) who work in long-term care (LTC) settings.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 6.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending April 29.

Halting transmission of infectious pathogens in the sterile processing department hinges on proper personal protective equipment, proper hand hygiene, and proper cough and sneeze etiquette.

However, a large-scale randomized controlled trial in health care is needed.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending April 15.

Despite some benefits, challenges continue with implemented mitigation strategies for children and IPs. 

Remembering the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues, investigators study the efficacy of reusing N95 FFRs.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending April 8.

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

The hemodialysis setting presents a challenge for environmental cleaning and disinfection because of the demand for rapid turnover of stations.

Other nations, such as Sweden and Australia, outperformed the US metrics.