This week's coverage in Infection Control Today centered on a common thread: the systems, partnerships, and data that let infection prevention teams catch problems before patients are harmed.
Feature|Articles|September 10, 2025
- Infection Control Today, September/October 2025 (Vol. 29 No. 5)
- Volume 29
- Issue 5
Introducing the September/October 2025 Infection Control Today Print Edition
Check out the latest print edition of Infection Control Today: September/October 2025.
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This issue of Infection Control Today® (ICT®) dives deep into some of the most urgent challenges and promising innovations shaping infection prevention today. Our cover story double feature tackles Candida auris, the multidrug-resistant fungal threat that continues to test the limits of health care systems worldwide.
We also highlight the vital role of interdisciplinary teams across both acute and long-term care settings, reminding us that infection prevention is truly a team effort.
You’ll also find timely features on environmental services, from safer flooring choices to a fascinating analysis comparing environmental services to the body’s own immune system. In sterile processing, we spotlight the critical work of sterile processing department technicians and address infection risks tied to high-level disinfection of flexible endoscopes.
As always, we have the ever-popular Bug of the Month and the ICT crossword. This issue's offering is about sterile processing.
Rounding out this issue are powerful perspectives on COVID-19 misinformation, oral vancomycin research, and the importance of building vaccine confidence during pregnancy.
Together, these insights reflect ICT’s mission: supporting infection preventionists with evidence, innovation, and collaboration.
Articles in this issue
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A Day in the Life: SPD Technicianabout 1 year ago
Toxic and Tenacious: Disinfection Dilemmas With Candida aurisabout 1 year ago
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Missing instruments and processing delays can strain OR–SPD relationships. At AORN 2026, John Kimsey, vice president of processing optimization and customer success for STERIS, discusses understanding root causes, exploring off-site reprocessing for ambulatory surgical centers, and using hands-on simulation to help surgical teams see sterile processing from a different perspective.
Knowing the protocol is only the beginning. In The Clean Bite, Sherrie Busby explores how explaining the why, addressing staff concerns, and creating clear procedures can help dental teams make infection control part of everyday practice.
Part 2 of 4: Recruitment may bring people into sterile processing. Development is what determines whether they stay.
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