Weekly Rounds: Device Reprocessing Policies, Long-COVID-19 Alarm, and LTC IPs.
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.
“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.
