Infection Control Articles by Topic: CDC Requirements
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Patient Safety Monitor Insider, Issue 12, March 20, 2013
The CDC is warning providers nationwide about a lethal germ called carbapenem-resistant...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 15, 2012
Q: We are a home health agency and are low risk for tuberculosis (TB) and have a question related...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 18, 2012
Move over hepatitis B, C, and HIV, and make room for MRSA infections as a consequence of unsafe...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 18, 2012
Cal/OSHA has imposed an $84,450 fine on Alta Bates Summit Medical Center for failure to warn and...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 18, 2012
Q: A patient seen by our practice has recently tested positive for tuberculosis and is undergoing...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 11, 2012
Q: What are the OSHA TB screening requirements for medical office staff?
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 13, 2012
The CDC has recently posted two items on unsafe injection practices.
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 6, 2012
To put it bluntly, the FDA, CDC, NIOSH, and OSHA want to see more use of blunt-tip suture needles...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 16, 2012
Proper use of PPE for protection against H1N1 comes with healthcare worker experience, but not as...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 9, 2012
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has introduced their first...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 9, 2012
Q: Is it okay to have the Bloodborne Pathogens exposure control plan online, for example on the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 9, 2012
Compared to other working groups or occupations in your healthcare facility or organization, how...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 2, 2012
To avoid confusion among clinicians regarding the use of single-use medication vials and doses, the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 2, 2012
Despite some uneven progress among the states, HAI-prevention is moving in the right direction...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 4, 2012
From what sources do you regularly obtain information about healthcare staff and facility safety?
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 28, 2012
Outpatient dialysis centers can significantly reduce the incidence of vascular access-related...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 28, 2012
Most healthcare facilities have created some sort of campaign to raise levels of hand hygiene...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 28, 2012
Q: How often should a staff member in a doctor's office with a positive tuberculin skin test be...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 101, November 30, 2011
For those responsible for ensuring compliance with healthcare worker immunizations, the CDC has...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 101, November 30, 2011
National Influenza Vaccination Week highlights the importance of continuing vaccinations during and...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 101, November 30, 2011
What does OSHA require for volunteers for TB?
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 90, September 14, 2011
Without appropriate infection control policies, hospitals and other types of healthcare facilities...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 85, August 10, 2011
The facts aren't enough to overcome the public's increasing distrust of vaccination programs.
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 85, August 10, 2011
How do you react to healthcare workers who resist mandatory seasonal influenza policies when...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 83, July 27, 2011
The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center is sponsoring a free webinar on an overlooked...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 82, July 20, 2011
As a companion to the infection prevention guide for outpatient settings released in May, the CDC...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 82, July 20, 2011
NIOSH aims to raise awareness among healthcare workers about the dangers of needlesticks and other...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 82, July 20, 2011
Do you think that the CDC guide and checklist for Infection Prevention in Outpatient Settings...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 80, July 6, 2011
Infection control professionals at the annual Association for Professionals in Infection Control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 80, July 6, 2011
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology announced the winners of a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 80, July 6, 2011
Don't ever underestimate the utility of duct tape—the stuff that literally holds the world...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 74, May 25, 2011
The CDC released its guidelines and recommendations for outpatient ambulatory care settings on May...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 73, May 18, 2011
The CDC released a set of guidelines about preventing and controlling norovirus specific to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 61, February 23, 2011
An investigation by the CDC found that a North Carolina assisted-living facility was sharing blood...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 59, February 9, 2011
The CDC took data from healthcare workers between the ages of 18 and 64 to analyze vaccination...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 53, December 29, 2010
The H1N1 flu virus infected 50% of healthcare workers within a healthcare setting during 2009-2010...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 52, December 21, 2010
As healthcare acquired pathogens become more frequent, the CDC is recommending all hospitals to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 41, October 13, 2010
There’s so much talk about the flu these days, but it’s because flu season is on the...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Maybe they aren’t among the most dangerous HAIs, but catheter-associated urinary tract...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2010
Multidose vials run the risk for infections and citations if they aren?t used appropriately
In one...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 11, 2010
Widely known as the first healthcare facility to implement a mandatory influenza vaccine policy...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 11, 2010
A final rule released by CMS on July 30 now requires hospitals that accept Medicare patients to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 11, 2010
After reports of two small outbreaks of H3N2 in Iowa and sporadic cases in 11 other states, the CDC...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 31, August 4, 2010
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices published flu-shot recommendations for the...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
Inside:
Evaluating the possibility of an OSHA infectious disease standard
Study confirms C...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
On May 6, OSHA officially released a request for information (RFI) for public comment on...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
As Clostridium difficile (C. diff) began appearing in many hospitals across the country—and...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
Waterborne pathogens may not be first on your list of IC priorities—perhaps because you...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 30, July 28, 2010
Read the OSHA Healthcare Advisor “Notes from the field post” to find out why this...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 30, July 28, 2010
The CDC guidelines for safe injection practices indicate that healthcare workers need to designate...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 21, 2010
At least one organization has called out the CDC to take a strong stand in favor of mandatory...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 21, 2010
Q: Is it OK to reuse biohazard specimen bags if they are not contaminated?
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 14, 2010
Following reports of poor sterilization of dental equipment in the St. Louis VA Medical Center, the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 14, 2010
“The saying ‘more isn’t always better’ is true in the case of detergents...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 14, 2010
There is no OSHA requirement regarding the use of artificial nails, but CDC recommendations say...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 27, July 7, 2010
Last week the CDC released a draft “Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
The appropriately named ?iScrub? app, developed at the University of Iowa (UI), aims to replace the...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
A study published in the May Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology found that a universal...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2010
In May the CDC announced its partnership with the Premier healthcare alliance for a joint research...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, June 30, 2010
Last week the CDC released a rough draft of updated influenza guidelines, which are available for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 25, June 23, 2010
A recent question was posed on OSHA Healthcare Advisor regarding state and federal laws for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 9, 2010
A new guest blogger on OSHA Healthcare Advisor specializes in sterile processing and she debuts...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 21, May 26, 2010
Obviously employers are responsible for providing TB skin tests free of charge to employees of the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 19, 2010
After confirming the 11th case of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) since 2002, the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 12, 2010
On May 5, healthcare organizations around the world celebrated hand hygiene with the World Health...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 12, 2010
The Association for periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and 3M recently announced Perioperative...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 12, 2010
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month with May 19 marked as World Hepatitis Day, giving healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 5, 2010
The CDC released a Q&A on Monday explaining its intent to update the 2009 infection control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 5, 2010
The CDC is turning its focus to central-line associated bloodstream infections with a joint...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
On January 29, Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA, received a citation and an $8,000 fine...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston and Abington (PA) Memorial Hospital have both improved...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 21, 2010
Last week’s blog post by IC expert Peg Luebbert on prefilling and storing syringes drew a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 14, 2010
How long can you store prefilled syringes? According to CDC guidelines, not at all.
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Cancer patients are widely regarded as the patient population most susceptible to infections, so...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Authors of a new study, published in the January 7 New England Journal of Medicine, wanted to find...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
When it comes to respiratory protection against H1N1, the CDC says N95s should be used during close...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 24, 2010
Last week on OSHA Healthcare Advisor, Kathy Rooker explained why all healthcare workers with...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 10, March 10, 2010
A Q&A recently posted on The Joint Commission’s Web site indicates that Joint Commission...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
Half of healthcare workers diagnosed with latent TB failed to seek treatment for it, according to a...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
What's so important about precleaning medical instruments before sterilizing? How should your staff...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Although it's not one of the most dangerous healthcare-associated infections (HAI...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the December 2009 Briefings on The Joint...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
Objects that pose a high risk of infection, especially for kids, might be found in your waiting...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
All the advisories and enforcement documents about protecting workers during the H1N1 pandemic...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
A study published in the February issue of Chest indicates that half of healthcare workers refused...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
Although hands-free sinks are certainly more efficient than the alternative, they often pose a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
An article recently published in Consumer Reports emphasizes the need to focus on reducing...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
A sworn deposition from a drug company executive may prove that the company that makes propofol...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
The lead article in this month’s issue of Medical Environment Update flips the tables and...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
The CDC will conduct two surveys in order to gauge national figures for HAIs and antimicrobial...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
In last week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the CDC offers a reminder to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 27, 2010
A new study published in the most recent Journal of Infectious Diseases observed how influenza-like...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
After its first full year on the Web, OSHA Healthcare Advisor has posted nearly 500 blog entries...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from the Infection Prevention Handbook, written by...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
Healthcare workers responsible for instrument disinfection and sterilization are under pressure to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
Last week the CDC and the Nevada State Health Division Bureau of Licensure released a detailed...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
The number of states with widespread H1N1 influenza cases dropped to 11, along with a declining...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 51, December 23, 2009
If you enjoy the creativity of producing your own training videos, or if you’ve created an...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
A recent study released by the CDC and Premier healthcare alliance, in collaboration with Catholic...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
Endoscopy clinics have had a rough past couple of years when it comes to reprocessing procedures...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
A previously published NIOSH blog post is one of the most informational and authoritative resources...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
With Joint Commission standards requiring patient and visitor education on HAIs, coupled with the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
It’s a document we were all expecting at one point or another, but OSHA has officially...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
With new CMS IC regulations for ambulatory surgery centers (ASC), and millions of dollars going to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
Part of a Wall Street Journal Health Care report released late last month includes a breakdown of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
Three leading IC organizations, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
Even multi-millionaire athletes, and recent World Series champions, aren’t exempt from flu...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
OSHA has released H1N1 guidance for workers and employers, including fact sheets regarding...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 45, November 10, 2009
The authors of a key study on N95 respirator use for H1N1 influenza protection have retracted their...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 44, November 4, 2009
Before flu season came into full effect, many medical facilities established telephone hotlines to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 44, November 4, 2009
A surprising endnote at the annual meeting of the Infection Diseases Society of America (IDSA) came...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 28, 2009
With Joint Commission standards focusing intently on increased hand hygiene compliance, many...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
The CDC released recommendations Sunday advising clinicians to initiate early antiviral treatment...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 41, October 14, 2009
Three years after being named one of the nation’s worst-performing nursing homes by the New...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 41, October 14, 2009
An op-ed article published on October 1 issue on the Journal of the American Medical Association...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 40, October 7, 2009
Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL has suspended a nurse for allegedly reusing...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 39, September 30, 2009
Not all H1N1 training needs to be dry or monotonous. In fact, ten individuals have found ways to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 39, September 30, 2009
So much of H1N1 preparation news has focused on how hospitals will cope with the pandemic that it...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 23, 2009
When it comes to known MRSA patients in the OR, standard precautions and contact precautions are...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 23, 2009
Despite urging from the CDC that consistent hand hygiene is the best way to prevent transmission of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 23, 2009
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is lobbying the CDC to change the current guidance on the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 36, September 9, 2009
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a report recommending the use of N95 respirators for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
After working with multiple professional and trade organizations on the common and proper use of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 34, August 26, 2009
A presidential panel estimates H1N1 (swine flu) could infect half of the U.S. population this...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 34, August 26, 2009
Shot, hand, and home are the keywords of the federal guidelines for employer preparation for the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 19, 2009
In an effort to bring HAI prevention efforts to the forefront of healthcare in the United States...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 19, 2009
The debate continues—whether healthcare workers need to wear respirators, most likely N95s...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 12, 2009
On July 30, APIC published a position paper promoting safe injection practices as the absolute...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 12, 2009
In many outpatient settings it is standard procedure to routinely decontaminate procedure chairs...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 31, August 5, 2009
Recently there has been some debate about whether N95 masks are recommended to protect healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 30, July 29, 2009
A recent Joint Commission position statement on sterilization procedures has created a buzz in some...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, July 1, 2009
A new study published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal says that MRSA infections can be...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, July 1, 2009
It’s been just over a month since CMS initiated its new Conditions for Coverage for...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
When the novel influenza A H1N1 virus, or swine flu, hit Mexico and subsequently the United States...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 17, 2009
Epidemiologists who first advised respirator use for the current flu pandemic now say it is not...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
On May 27, a survey released by Amgen revealed that 92% of oncologists believe it’s important...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
Alcohol-based hand sanitizers are a proven method of hand hygiene and infection prevention, but...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 21, May 27, 2009
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) or carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 20, 2009
An ongoing debate in the infection control community has been whether or not healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 20, 2009
No, you didn’t read that incorrectly.
Despite your double-take, this is a legitimate...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 13, 2009
Although influenza A H1N1 outbreaks continue to spread, totaling 3,009 cases in the United States...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
After a couple whirlwind weeks of preparing for a possible outbreak of influenza A (H1N1), swine...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
In a matter of days, what began as a few suspected cases of swine flu in Mexico has elevated to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
The Southwest Healthcare System in Wildomar, CA, could lose Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
A rare and virulent strain of meningitis has infected 12 people and killed four in South Florida...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
Incidences of foodborne illnesses caused by contaminants such as Salmonella have remained steady...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, April 1, 2009
A five-member team from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is investigating a Miami VA...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
A March 2008 report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) called for more...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 11, March 18, 2009
More than a year ago, in February 2008, Las Vegas health officials advised roughly 50,000 city...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
Retailers may have thought they were helping customers by giving away antibiotics for free, but...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
Occasionally, particularly in a physician’s office, staff members will use a dishwasher to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
Since 2006, the CDC has recommended that all healthcare facilities routinely test Americans ages 13...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 3, January 21, 2009
There’s been a lot in the news over the last few weeks regarding safe injection measures...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
When he becomes president, Barack Obama will appoint a new head to two of the most important...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, December 17, 2008
Smokers, along with children and the elderly, should receive a pneumonia vaccination, according to...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 50, December 16, 2008
A report from Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 50, December 16, 2008
With medical facilities across the country becoming more concerned about MRSA infections, OSHA has...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 11, December 10, 2008
An Alaskan hospital has told all of its employees to get an influenza vaccination by December 31 or...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Five major organizations collaborated in October to create a compendium of strategies to prevent...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, November 26, 2008
Two years ago, the CDC recommended routine HIV testing for everyone ages 13 to 64, whether or not...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, November 19, 2008
ICPs will want to take a look at the CDC’s newly released guideline containing...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, November 1, 2008
If your hospital owns a dialysis clinic, you’ll need to ensure that it’s compliant with...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Three years ago, pandemic influenza was a hot topic. Many facilities were focused on preparing for...
