Award to Honor Excellence in Sharp Safety
Infection Control Today and the National Alliance for the Primary Prevention of Sharps Injuries (NAPPSI) are proud to announce the inaugural Primary Prevention Sharps Safety Award.
This award will be presented this June to the healthcare facility that has developed and implemented an outstanding primary-prevention sharps safety campaign. Criteria and nomination forms are available at www.infectioncontroltoday.com/sharpsaward.pdf or www.nappsi.org.
The deadline for nomination submissions is April 15, 2003. For more information, contact Bill Eikost, Healthcare Division Publisher at 480-990-1101 x1191 or weikost@vpico.com.
Happy Hand Hygiene Day! Rethinking Glove Use for Safer, Cleaner, and More Ethical Health Care
May 5th 2025Despite their protective role, gloves are often misused in health care settings—undermining hand hygiene, risking patient safety, and worsening environmental impact. Alexandra Peters, PhD, points out that this misuse deserves urgent attention, especially today, World Hand Hygiene Day.
I Was There: An Infection Preventionist on the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 30th 2025Deep feelings run strong about the COVID-19 pandemic, and some beautiful art has come out of those emotions. Infection Control Today is proud to share this poem by Carmen Duke, MPH, CIC, in response to a recent article by Heather Stoltzfus, MPH, RN, CIC.
