Surface Disinfection

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

“The public health emergency ending doesn't mean that infectious disease [threats] are over, whether from COVID-19 or otherwise.”

“It doesn't matter if the public health emergency goes away or not. Because we haven't taken advantage of the public health emergency over the last 2 years to understand and address the gaps quite apparent to every American out there.”

Establishing a permanent system for monitoring the persistence and emergence of dangerous pathogens is necessary, especially COVID-19.

To control C auris, focus on using antibiotics and improving diagnostics. New treatments in development offer hope for better management. This is the fourth and final installment in CDC's interview with the ICT.

CDC warns about Candida auris spreading if health care workers don't take preventative measures in an interview with Infection Control Today.

To prevent the spread of C auris, the CDC recommends that IPs and environmental hygienists play a critical role. In this interview, the medical scientists clarify what specific actions they should take.

To ensure the accuracy of the information concerning Candida auris, Infection Control Today has spoken with 2 medical scientists from the CDC.

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 30, 2023.

Findings provide the first published evidence of the relationship between standard precaution adherence and the safety of health care workers and patients.

A study published in AJIC describes how one health care system implanted an initiative by their IPs to prevent the health care-acquired infections when COVID-19 loomed over their work.

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, gives the latest on COVID-19, Marburg Virus Disease, and a 1-hit STI antibiotic plan.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 23, 2023.

How is infection prevention different in dental offices from other health care facilities? Experts explain.

Unlike hospitals, ambulatory settings have traditionally lacked adequate infrastructure and resources to support infection prevention and monitoring.

Numerous pathogen outbreaks have been from the water in medical facilities. So what are the dangers, and what can infection preventionists do to prevent morbidities and mortalities from occurring?

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 16, 2023.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 9, 2023.

International Infection Preventionist Day is a time to recognize the critical work of infection preventionists and to raise awareness about the importance of infection prevention in protecting public health.

Ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) were a main topic at the AORN 2023 Conference, and Erica Smith, MBA, PhD candidate, tells ICT about her presentation on the importance of infection control and prevention in the ASC.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 2, 2023.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 26, 2023.

Doe Kley, MPH, RN, CIC, LTC-CIP, T-CHEST speaks with ICT® on narrowing down how many disinfecting products their facilities should have and the education that they need about the cleaners and checking their competency in using those products.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 19, 2023.

With all the misinformation and confusion about what The Joint Commission (TJC) does and doesn't do, ICT went to TJC to find out. Listen to the detailed interview to find out what health care workers need to know.

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 12, 2023.

Doe Kley, MPH, RN, CIC, LTC-CIP, T-CHEST, does a deep dive into what the key priorities infection preventionists and environmental hygienists should focus on in 2023. This is the first of 3 installments.

As the third year of COVID-19 begins, some questions have been answered, but others still remain. ICT asked leaders in the infection prevention and control field what answers the medical world needs now.