Date
Topic
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 9.30.16
Chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), an antiseptic, has been around for more than 50 years. CHG has been used in various ways...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
There is an important place for both the horizontal, as well as the vertical approach to preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)....
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 9.30.16
Reports of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections related to endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) duodenoscopes raised concerns among infection prevention experts, federal...
Decontamination, Disinfection and Sterilization | 9.30.16
It can be challenging for infection preventionists to find time to comb through the barrage of infection prevention guidelines and...
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...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
THE NATIONAL – On the CUSP: Stop CAUTI project is proud to take part in this special supplement to Prevention...
HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
What the science and evidence show:
CAUTI is a serious patient safety issue.
Complications associated with CAUTI result in increased length of...HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.30.16
When the staff of Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, Ohio, decided to implement a catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) prevention...
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