Infection Control Articles by Topic: Staff Training
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement to healthcare managers regarding TB...
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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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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
On June 31, the New York State Health Department released a report detailing the HAI rates of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 43, October 28, 2009
Last week the American Medical Association launched a new online tool for patients and healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 43, October 28, 2009
Although Lysol might be effective in killing 99% of bacteria on your kitchen counter, it’s...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
Last week CMS clarified its position on flash sterilization in ambulatory surgery centers...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 42, October 21, 2009
The CDC updated the interim guidance on H1N1 protection for healthcare workers recommending...
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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 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 40, October 7, 2009
The CDC has released an algorithm for adults older than 18 years old with influenza-like illnesses...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Imagine you could interact with multiple patients, diagnose and treat their illnesses, administer...
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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 38, September 23, 2009
While New York has initiated an emergency regulation that requires most healthcare workers in the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 36, September 9, 2009
A study out of Queensland University of Technology in Australia estimates that sick or injured...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 35, September 2, 2009
A survey conducted by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee...
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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 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 33, August 19, 2009
Last week federal officials cut back their original estimate of H1N1 flu vaccine doses expected in...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 33, August 19, 2009
Before worrying about H1N1 vaccines, many facilities are concentrating on improving their seasonal...
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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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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
The demands on today’s IP are extensive. In addition to managing and educating frontline...
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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 30, July 29, 2009
Last week, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals assembled for a two-day summit with...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 22, 2009
There’s no question the job of an infection preventionist is becoming increasingly important...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 22, 2009
What medical practices experienced this past spring with influenza pandemic may be nothing compared...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 15, 2009
The Joint Commission is offering Measuring Hand Hygiene Adherence: Overcoming the Challenges, a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 27, July 8, 2009
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has released a “National Strategic Plan...
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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
For years, the CDC has proclaimed that the potential of a pandemic is not a question of if, but...
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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 25, June 24, 2009
Data presented at the 36th International APIC meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL indicates that cases...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 25, June 24, 2009
Sometimes the best training involves training your eyes to recognize IC and safety hazards.
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 17, 2009
On June 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic alert to phase six indicating...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 3, 2009
In July 2008, Peter Rothschild, M.D., released a white paper that detailed a lack infection...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Although much of the focus of MDROs has been on MRSA, a relatively new, and potentially more...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
: Few question the ingrained hierarchy present in most healthcare facilities. In many cases...
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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 21, May 27, 2009
In light of the recent swine flu outbreaks, California adopted a standard to protect workers from...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 21, May 27, 2009
As of May 18, Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) need to comply with the new...
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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 18, May 6, 2009
In case you’ve been following along with Washington’s state legislation, Tuesday was an...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 6, 2009
Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, SD may have exposed more than 5,000 patients to hepatitis...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
It’s not uncommon for IPs to raise a caution flag when they hear the words “going...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
If you are looking for a free and easy training tool requiring little time or effort, you may want...
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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
A report released by Consumers Union says that hospitals have made progress implementing surgical...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
You may remember a couple weeks ago we reported on an investigation by the U.S. Department of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
A new report compiled by the AFL-CIO and six unions found that the nation’s healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
It’s almost that time of year again to start using air conditioners and fans to cool down...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
On April 14, The Joint Commission released a free monograph intended to help healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
Hundreds of patients were potentially exposed to TB at three Chicago hospitals when a Northwestern...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
After a study conducted by the Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s Keystone Center...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
If you want to see someone’s true behavior, watch what they do when they think no one is...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
The support services area of IC, including housekeeping and the janitorial staff, plays a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 25, 2009
A new infection control technique involving the disposal of paper hospital gowns is a simple, but...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 10, March 11, 2009
Dr. Peter Rothshild, president of Patient Comfort Systems and renowned MRI expert released his...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, March 4, 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new hand hygiene program in which hospitals can...
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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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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Under Joint Commission standard IC.02.03.01, an organization must work to prevent the transmission...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
The operating room (OR) can be a world unto itself. It’s physically separated from the rest...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Tracking down the source of an infectious disease outbreak is the stuff television dramas are made...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
A new campaign, called "The One and Only Campaign" was unveiled by Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
Hospitals in Washington state plan to implement procedures for isolation precautions, which uses...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 7, February 18, 2009
Infection preventionists are feeling pressure from all angles. New CMS policies are cutting...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
Last week, OSHA Healthcare Advisor posted news about a report from the Associated Press regarding a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
In the healthcare setting, there are a tremendous amount of factors to consider during construction...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
Maybe you haven’t thought about it, but at least a couple people have wondered whether...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
The CDC issued updated disinfection and sterilization guidelines November 18, 2008, in a...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
A new 2009 Joint Commission standard requires hospitals to tell patients that the facility may need...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Three of the five Joint Commission 2008 Ernest A. Codman Awards were bestowed on hospitals whose IC...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
Q: I’m concerned that housekeeping staff are not cleaning and replacing the paper on exam...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 14, 2009
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has unveiled a plan that establishes a set...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 7, 2009
This week The Joint Commission changed one of its infection control (IC) standards for 2009...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
A new nationwide APIC study shows the number of C. diff infections may be six to 20 times higher...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
In September, the neonatal ICU (NICU) at Maine Medical Center in Portland adopted a new dress code...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
With MDROs and other dangerous hospital-associated infections to contend with, foodborne illnesses...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Many ICPs are juggling a host of regulatory requirements these days and consequently find...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Urinary tract infections (UTI) may not be the most expensive or life-threatening infections, but at...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
The Joint Commission's surveyors may be tough, but they're nothing compared with a natural...