Infection Control

True or False: Failing to properly clean, disinfect, or sterilize equipment can pose a serious risk of infection to our patients.Read More »

Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections: A Global Challenge, A Global Perspective, is the monograph The Joint...Read More »

A former medical technician was arrested in connection to an Exeter, NH hepatitis C outbreak.

The tech is accused of infecting at least 30...Read More »

Q: During our recent survey, a surveyor sited open flash pans poststerilization being transported without a cover. How can I clarify this...Read More »

True or False: Hospitals do not need to provide influenza vaccine to the voluntary medical staff.Read More »

Have you heard about the new award sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Association for Professionals in Infection...Read More »

Recognizing that the healthcare sector produces a vast amount of waste and hazards to the environment, more healthcare facilities...Read More »

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced good news for healthcare-associated infections:Read More »

True or False: Evidence-based medicine should be the basis for all infection control policies and procedures.Read More »

The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently endorsed two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical...Read More »