This last week of 2022, Infection Control Today® reviews the most popular articles. Here are the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd most popular.
Infection Control Today® (ICT®) 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 ICT® posted in 2022.
Here we continue our countdown with the 4th, 3rd, and 2nd most popular articles ICT® posted in 2022.
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.
3rd Most Popular: Candida auris 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.
“A Coup Against Science”: Health Groups Decry Kennedy’s Firing of National Vaccine Advisory Panel
June 12th 2025Health leaders are outraged after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, calling it a political purge that threatens public trust and vaccine safety.
AHE Exchange Summit 2025 Brings EVS and Infection Prevention Experts Together in Columbus, Ohio
June 9th 2025The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) is set to host its largest event of the year—Exchange Summit 2025—from June 8 to 11 in Columbus, Ohio. With over 600 environmental services (EVS) professionals expected to attend, this year’s conference focuses heavily on infection prevention, interdepartmental collaboration, and education that empowers frontline health care support leaders to improve patient safety and operational efficiency.