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January 13, 2021

ANA joins CDC’s new infection control training collaborative Healthcare professionals agree that infection prevention and control measures, when implemented correctly and consistently, have the potential to dramatically lower…

Boosting the success of a hand-hygiene campaign

November 10, 2015

For nearly two centuries, we’ve had evidence that hand hygiene reduces healthcare-associated infections. Yet many healthcare organizations still struggle to improve compliance with hand-hygiene guidelines. Like many other…

Essential elements of a comprehensive sharps injury-prevention program

September 11, 2012

The steps outlined below can help facilities significantly reduce sharps injuries.

Exposed to patient’s body fluids? Now what?

December 11, 2013

Learn how to protect yourself by taking the right steps if you are exposed to a patient’s body fluids.

GI endoscopes may still be contaminated even after multistep cleaning process

August 6, 2015

A study in the American Journal of Infection Control has found that harmful bacteria can survive on colonoscopes and gastroscopes despite a multistep cleaning and disinfecting process. Read…

Infection control for lifts and slings

September 11, 2007

Your guide to keeping lifts and slings free from infection.

Is your wound-cleansing practice up to date?

July 11, 2013

Do you know how to choose-and correctlyuse-the appropriate agent to clean your patient’s wound?

New guidelines on healthcare personnel attire

January 11, 2014

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America has issued guidance for “Healthcare Personnel Attire in Non-Operating-Room Settings,” published in the Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The…

New recommendations for prevention of multi-drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria

November 18, 2015

The Journal of Hospital Infection has published “Prevention and control of multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: recommendations from a Joint Working Party.” Read more and access the article.

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NICE Network: Nurses leading change in infection prevention

July 23, 2018

The power of RNs to effect change By Sametria McCammon, MSPH, and Sharon Morgan, MSN, RN, NP-C For 2 years, the Nursing Infection Control Education (NICE) Network, a…

Study: Disinfection team and standardized cleaning process help reduce CDI

April 11, 2013

A study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that a dedicated daily disinfection team, coupled with a standard cleaning process that includes requiring “supervisory assessment and clearance”…

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