Infection Control Today, March 2023, (Vol. 27, No. 2)

March 29, 2023

Learn from your mistakes; reach for the stars. We all have learning to do. Just don't quit!

March 18, 2023

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 19, 2023.

March 16, 2023

With all the misinformation and confusion about what The Joint Commission (TJC) does and doesn't do, ICT went to TJC to find out. Listen to the detailed interview to find out what health care workers need to know.

March 10, 2023

How did first responders and firefighters navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath? Two firefighters/EMTs describe what that time was like for them.

March 09, 2023

The proximity of sinks in patient zones may increase a patient’s risk of acquiring gram-negative hospital-acquired infections.

March 08, 2023

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

March 05, 2023

As the third year of COVID-19 begins, some questions have been answered, but others still remain. ICT asked leaders in the infection prevention and control field what answers the medical world needs now.

March 02, 2023

Identifying the categories patients with staphylococcus aureus bacteremia fit into is in order to better care for them.

February 28, 2023

Health care-associated infection-reducing initiatives are vital to keeping patients safe.

January 19, 2023

A study clearly shows that surgical site infections (SSIs) can be reduced by changing surgical gloves and instruments before the closing abdominal wound closure.

January 16, 2023

New study shows home infusion therapy staff may have significant barriers to infection-surveillance training, and this could be leading to higher infection rates.

January 12, 2023

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, discusses the great news about Ebola in Uganda. She also covers COVID-19 news, and what it has to do with the Clash of the Titans.

January 10, 2023

Have the CDC and EPA given enough correct guidance on how to use cleaning products during the COVID-19 pandemic, or is it “fundamentally flawed”?

January 06, 2023

In this third installment of 3, Infection Control Today® continues the one father's story of how sepsis can enter central lines and how it affects the entire family.

January 06, 2023

The public expects infectious disease experts to know how to protect them—and themselves—from getting ill from infectious diseases, including COVID-19. So, what happens when the infectious disease specialist gets ill herself?

January 05, 2023

The CDC genomic surveillance found that the XBB.1.5 variant has increased from causing 1% to over 40% in only a month.

January 04, 2023

A recent study attempted to estimate the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to their pets and identify the risk factors, including food and water bowls and human-animal contact.

December 30, 2022

In this second installment of 3, Infection Control Today® continues a personal story of how sepsis can enter central lines and how it affects the entire family.

December 23, 2022

In this first installment of 3, Infection Control Today® presents a personal story of how sepsis can enter central lines, and how it affects the entire family.

December 21, 2022

Infection Control Today® talks to Shannon Simmons, DHSc, MPH, CIC, about her work with the APIC's Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilization Conference and her position as an ambulatory infection preventionist.