Infection Control

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still investigating four deaths caused by mold infections at UPMC, its “Notes from...Read More »

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week that it was cancelling the recall of 2,800 Custom Ultrasonics automated endoscope...Read More »

Reusable medical devices carry a special risk of infection if they aren't properly reprocessed and sterilized. This fact was...Read More »

Updated infection control guidelines released by the CDC in February indicate hospitals are making strides to prevent common infections.Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is attempting to develop better methods of measuring and reporting data on catheter-...Read More »

A new study published in The Lancet has found that using antibiotic-impregnated central venous catheters (CVC) can halve the rate of...Read More »

What can healthcare facilities do before then to improve CAUTI compliance before the Joint Commission's newest NPSG goes into effect on January 1...Read More »

On March 1, the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Olympus Corp. with paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to hospitals and doctors to buy its...Read More »

One of the duodenoscope manufacturers at the center of a series of infectious outbreaks dating back to 2012 has announced plans to recall its...Read More »

On February 19, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that reprocessing instructions for Pentax duodenoscopes had been validated and...Read More »