Infection Control Articles by Topic: CDC Requirements
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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 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...