) strives all year to give you the best, most helpful information to do your job. Starting with the tenth most popular article, we will countdown the Top 10 most popular articles 

Here we continue our countdown with the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd most popular articles 

4th Most Popular: Contamination of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Transducers Alarms Key Clinician  

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. 

 Rapidly Recontaminates Surfaces Around Patients’ Beds Despite Cleaning and Disinfection 

Candida auris environmental contamination is unlikely to be adequately controlled because re-contamination occurs within hours after disinfection.

2nd Most Popular: The FDA Issues Urgent Warning About Karl Storz Endoscopes Reprocessing Methods 

The letter comes after a year of reprocessing validation testing and a voluntary medical device recall.  

Prevention

 prevention page contains news and information on the latest updates on all facets of infection prevention. From vaccinations and immunizations to controlling air and water flow in a health care system, preventing infections falls not only on the infection prevention staff, but on all who interact within the hospital, from environmental services teams to those planning and building new construction.   

COVID-19

 COVID-19 page brings readers the latest information and clinical updates on the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, from case counts and hospitalization rates to data on effective treatments for severe disease and the circulating viral variants.  

This last week of 2022, Infection Control Today® reviews the most popular articles. Here are the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd most popular. 


Top 10 Most Popular Infection Control Today Articles of 2022: 4, 3, 2