Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending July 1.
Here are 5 highlights from ICT®’s wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders, to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs.
Device Reprocessing Policies Must Be a Living Document
If the policies are not consistently updated, they are “just a piece of paper shoved in a logbook that is not going to effectively improve reprocessing…of ultrasound probes,” said Lisa Waldowski, DNP, RN, CIC.
Long COVID-19 and New Variants: Sounding a Continuing Alarm
It is easy to become complacent, but the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is not over, and long COVID-19 and the new variants are causing rising concern.
LTC Infection Preventionists’ Responsibilities Have Doubled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
In all areas, infection preventionists took on more responsibilities and expanded the ones they already had, including staff education and employee health.
Infection Preventionists and EMS Personnel: Nurturing a Relationship
They should be partners making each other and their patients safe through communication, education, and action plans.
Surgical Urology Is an Untapped Area for Infection Preventionists
Despite the initial reluctance for a urology team to work with infection preventionists, the collaboration is beneficial for both specialties.
CDC Strategies Preventing Hospital-Onset C difficile Effectiveness Inconclusive in Testing
April 15th 2024Hospitals using CDC prevention strategies had different incidences of hospital-associated Clostridioides difficile infection compared to those that didn't, but the reasons are not necessarily the strategies themselves.
Unlocking the Power of AI in Hospital Infection Prevention: A Sustainable Approach to HAIs
April 11th 2024Read on about how, as hospitals grapple with the costly burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a game-changer in revolutionizing infection prevention strategies.