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Infection control professionals should track these performance indicators to ensure compliance with new hand hygiene guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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We are proud to announce the winners of our second annual Infection Control Innovation Awards. Sponsored by Hospital Infection Control, the 2002 awards focused on a single theme: Prevention Pays!
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An index of all 2002 Hospital Infection Control articles organized by topic.
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These general infection control practices for hemodialysis units are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The increasing use of catheters for hemodialysis care is spurring a rise in infections and antibiotic resistant pathogens, health care epidemiologists reported recently in San Diego at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
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An outbreak of eight cases of necrotizing enterocolitis occurred over a two-month period in a Canadian neonatal intensive care unit.
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Banished into regulatory oblivion, a 150-page proposed federal tuberculosis standard to protect health care workers may be officially tossed in the paper recycle bin in the near future.
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Few infection control professionals in any country can top the tale of a hospital in Western Australia that set up a war cabinet and took drastic measures after vancomycin-resistant enterococci breeched the hospital walls.
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Sleep disorders are extremely common and the primary care physician (PCP) can play an important role in their identification and management. The PCP is the first line of defense for identifying patients with sleep disorders and initiating appropriate evaluation and managing long-term treatment.
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