Blog - "PDI Perspectives"

The Potential of Continuous Active Disinfection (CAD): The Clean Does Not Fade Away

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

August 5, 2021

There have been some seismic shifts in how we provide healthcare over the past few decades. In the mid-1980s, we...

Is Novel 24-Hour Continuously Active Surface Disinfection the Answer to Environmental Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections?

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

July 23, 2021

For about a decade, prior to the pandemic, there was a shift towards the control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) through...

Putting the New AORN Guidelines into Practice with Profend® Nasal Decolonization Kit and Prevantics® Skin Products

Author: Holly Montejano, MS, CIC, CPHQ

July 6, 2021

In May 2021, AORN released the e-publication of their newly updated Guideline for Preoperative Patient Skin Antisepsis (with book publication...

Infusion Nurses Society (INS) 2021 Guidelines Update: Q&A with Infection Prevention Expert on Guidance for Skin Antisepsis

Author: Holly Montejano, MS, CIC, CPHQ

June 17, 2021

In January 2021, the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) released the 8th edition of the Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, which...

To Make Matters Worse: Health Disparities and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author: Caitlin Stowe MPH, CPH, CIC, CPHQ, VA-BC

June 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed many aspects of everyday life, from socializing with friends and family to the restricting...

Regression to the Mean and Publication Bias: Beware the Greatest Story Ever Told

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

May 14, 2021

Much of infection prevention is reactive. In this article, we look at how a reader can interpret whether the pre-intervention baseline rates are abnormally high with improvement results warranting a cautious interpretation. Continue reading:

PDI Perspective Podcast: Beyond the Sneeze: The Role of Surface Transmission with Respiratory Viruses

Author: Timothy Wiemken PhD., MPH, FAPIC, FSHEA, CIC

Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC interviews Timothy L Wiemken, Ph.D., MPH, FAPIC, FSHEA, CIC, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University...

Q&A with Infection Prevention Expert on CDC Revised Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfection of Facilities for SARS-CoV-2 in Community Settings

Author: Debra Hagberg MT (ASCP), CIC

May 13, 2021

On April 5, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released revised guidance on cleaning and disinfecting of...

How the Pandemic has Impacted Public Health Hand Hygiene: Product Demand and Product Safety

Author: Holly Montejano, MS, CIC, CPHQ

May 4, 2021

While hand hygiene has been a mainstay in healthcare infection prevention, the focus on this practice has been heightened in...

Reinvesting in Our First Line of Defense: Environmental Service Workers

Author: Keith H. St. John

April 27, 2021

Last May, Kevin Tyan and Dr. Pieter Cohen from Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Health Alliance, respectively, published an article...

Pandemic Collateral Damage and the CLABSI Toll

Author: Deva Rea, MPH, BSN, BS, RN, CIC

April 7, 2021

Recent studies show an increase in CLABSIs as a result of the pandemic. PDI Clinical Science Liaison, Deva Rea, MPH, BSN, BS, RN, CIC tackles the "why" and what we can do to get back to basics.

It Must Have Been the Noses: Evaluating the Evidence for Decolonization

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

March 16, 2021

Historical milestones In the summer of 1980, Bryan and colleagues at Richland Memorial Hospital and the University of South Carolina...