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Tori Whitacre Martonicz is the editor of 

.  She has been a writer and editor for over 30 years, and she has an MA and BA in English Composition/Literature from the University of Akron in Akron, OH. She lives in Ohio with her husband; son; 2 tiny dogs, Selena Brigid Sophia and Doctor Danger Dog; and a big black cat, Freya. She loves reading, writing, gardening, and spending time with her loved ones.

Articles

Nation Home Infusion Association addresses the media's coverage of the recent limited home infusion therapy study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 

NHIA Addresses Recent Home Infusion Therapy Study

Videos

New study shows home infusion therapy staff may have significant barriers to infection-surveillance training, and this could be leading to higher infection rates. 

Home Infusion Therapy: Limited Study Shows Lack of Formal Infection-Surveillance Training 

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 6, 2023.


Weekly Rounds: Sepsis Video Series, Candida Auris, and Eye Instrument Reprocessing

In this third installment of 3, Infection Control Today® continues the one father's story of how sepsis can enter central lines and how it affects the entire family.

Sepsis: One Father's Story, Part 3

In this second installment of 3, Infection Control Today® continues a personal story of how sepsis can enter central lines and how it affects the entire family. 

Sepsis: One Father's Story, Part 2

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 24, 2022.


Weekly Rounds: Sepsis: One Father's Story, COVID-19 and Traffic, and More

In this first installment of 3, Infection Control Today® presents a personal story of how sepsis can enter central lines, and how it affects the entire family. 

Sepsis: One Father's Story of Loneliness and Strength

Isis Lamphier, MPH, CIC, is an infection preventionist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, and a member of the 

The TAP Strategy developed by the CDC and SAIL from the US Department of Veterans Affairs prove to be key tools for setting health care-associated infection prevention goals on CLABSI and CAUTI.


TAP into CAUTI and CLABSI Prevention: A Quality Improvement Framework

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


ICT’s Product Locator: December 2022

Having complete IV start kits or central line insertion kits to reduce gel type variability and, thus gel contamination and following AIUM and INS disinfection recommendations are 2 ways to prevent health care-acquired infections. 


Ultrasound Transducers: Avoiding Gel Contamination and Using Proper Level Disinfection 

 vascular access page offers the latest insights from vascular access teams in the field, and covers the latest updates on the methods to keep central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and other infections down to a minimum. 

Vascular Access