Health Information Technology | 9.13.17
This white paper addresses key points in NHSN’s C. difficile LabID reporting module, with a specific focus on the correlation...
Health Information Technology | 5.17.17
Infection prevention (IP) programs that depend primarily on paper-based, manual, and retrospective surveillance processes and on reports for aggregation with...
Health Information Technology | 5.15.17
Infection prevention (IP) programs that depend primarily on paper-based, manual, and retrospective surveillance processes and on reports for aggregation with...
Health Information Technology | 10.25.16
The transmission and infection risk associated with multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) carriers necessitates surveillance and tracking to provide proper contact precautions....
Health Information Technology | 10.25.16
This glossary of terms is a primer on the vocabulary information technology professionals use and with which infection preventionists should...
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 11.11.16
The Spaulding classification system1 classifies ultrasound probes that contact mucous membranes or non-intact skin, as semi-critical medical devices. The Centers...
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 10.10.16
HLD is defined as the complete elimination of all organisms except for large numbers of bacterial spores. The trophon EPR...
Health Information Technology | 9.30.16
Evaluating research studies and incorporating the results of research findings into the practice of infection prevention and control are core...