Research/Whitepapers Articles

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

Clinical Decision Support Systems and Infection Prevention: To Know Is Not Enough

Clinical decision support (CDS) systems are an increasingly used form of technology designed to guide health care providers toward established...

Health Information Technology | 10.25.16

APIC Advocacy on Health Information Technology

Health information technology (IT) includes a wide variety of technologies, services, and products, including electronic health records (EHRs), e-surveillance technology,...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

Identify the Pathogen: Streptococcus Pyogenes

Hospital outbreaks are reported more often in the medical literature than occurrences in the long- term care (LTC) or behavioral...

Environmental Infection | 9.30.16

Focus on Long-Term and Behavioral Health Outbreaks— Identify the Pathogen: Clostridium Perfringens

Hospital outbreaks are reported more often in the medical literature than occurrences in the long-term care (LTC) or behavioral health...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

Identify the Pathogen: Coxiella Burnetii

Hospital outbreaks are reported more often in the medical literature than occurrences in the long-term care (LTC) or behavioral health...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitalized patients are receiving more scrutiny due to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) patient...

Health Information Technology | 9.30.16

An Infection Preventionist’s Guide to Evaluating Research Studies

Evaluating research studies and incorporating the results of research findings into the practice of infection prevention and control are core...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16

A Family-Centered Care Model to Reduce Pediatric CAUTI

When the staff of Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, decided to implement a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention...