Weekly Rounds: Therapy Animal Infection Risks, Bug of the Month, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 25, 2022.
Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control®'s (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.
Therapy Animals in Hospitals: Preventing Infection Risks
Hospitalized children may be scared and uncertain, and therapy animals can help ease their insecurities. But what is done to protect the humans—and the animals—from infectious diseases?
Students Helping Students During COVID-19: University Contact-Tracing Program
A student-led COVID-19 contact-tracer program reduced exposures and infections at start of the pandemic.
Bug of the Month: Water Baby
Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.
Hot Topics: 2022 Holiday Season Begins: RSV Running Rampant, COVID-19 Spiking
Now is the time to enjoy the holidays, but it is not time to forget to protect against RSV, COVID-19, and influenza.
Artificial Intelligence Offers Advancements and Challenges in the IPC Sphere
Artificial intelligence increases infection prevention and control measures in health care facilities and beyond.
Beyond the Surface: Rethinking Environmental Hygiene Validation at Exchange25
June 30th 2025Environmental hygiene is about more than just shiny surfaces. At Exchange25, infection prevention experts urged the field to look deeper, rethink blame, and validate cleaning efforts across the entire care environment, not just EVS tasks.
A Controversial Reboot: New Vaccine Panel Faces Scrutiny, Support, and Sharp Divides
June 26th 2025As the newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met for the first time under sweeping changes by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the national spotlight turned to the panel’s legitimacy, vaccine guidance, and whether science or ideology would steer public health policy in a polarized era.
Getting Down and Dirty With PPE: Presentations at HSPA by Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski
June 26th 2025In the heart of the hospital, decontamination technicians tackle one of health care’s dirtiest—and most vital—jobs. At HSPA 2025, 6 packed workshops led by experts Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski spotlighted the crucial, often-overlooked art of PPE removal. The message was clear: proper doffing saves lives, starting with your own.
