HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 11.13.25
As part of a larger high reliability process, Tampa General Hospital was looking for ways to improve standardization. They had already...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 11.12.25
Using a standardized sterile dressing change system helps promote sterile maintenance of a catheter, reducing CLABSI risk factors. The right...
Environmental Infection | 12.2.22
Clinical data shows that before the pandemic, bloodstream infection (BSI) rates were on a steady decline, but with the pandemic, ...
Environmental Infection | 12.20.21
Multidrug-resistant microbes (MDROs) are on the rise, infecting millions globally. Innovative strategies are needed to strengthen best practices and antibiotic...
Environmental Infection | 10.10.19
In a recently published clinical poster titled Utilizing a Business Case to Link Reduction in Infections to Reduction in Costs,...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 12.17.18
In this video we interview Marty Cooney, a distinguished Manager of Infection Control at a large community hospital. Marty discusses...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 5.9.17
Why It Matters: Timely incision management can help reduce the human and economic costs of SSIs. Complications with incision healing lead...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
One of APIC’s 2015 Heroes of Infection Prevention, Carol Vance, BSN, RN, CIC, an infection prevention specialist at Barnes Jewish...