Infection Control Newsletters

Listed below are recent articles for this department, grouped by publication. To access the full archives of a publication, click its related Archive link to the far right.

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Briefings on Infection Control

• Taking a vertical and horizontal approach to MDRO prevention

  Every healthcare facility has patients who are colonized with an MDRO, whether it's from the...

• Implementing hand hygiene technology and improving compliance in the ED

  Hand hygiene is the simplest way to prevent infections, and in nearly every hospital, someone is...

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Medical Environment Update

• Update: OSHA's consideration of an infectious disease standard

  The wheels of OSHA ­standard promulgation grind exceedingly slow and grind ­exceedingly...

• 12A Updates, January 2012

  With infection prevention under scrutiny in all types of outpatient and ambulatory settings, the...

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OSHA Watch

• Update your OSHA safety manual: OSHA H1N1 enforcement directive, H1N1 vaccination declination form, and workplace restrictions for healthcare settings

  This issue of OSHA Watch provides readers with an update to the pandemic influenza plan due to a...

• In the news

  OSHA gets new chief; regulatory  priorities revealed OSHA has solidified leadership for the agency...