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Target Goals for the Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Ambitious But Achievable

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

February 1, 2018

In October 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new targets using data from calendar year...

Preventing Legionnaires Disease

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

December 20, 2017

Did you know that one in ten persons who contract the Legionnaires disease will die from it? (1). Although it’s...

Hepatitis A Virus: Wreaking Havoc for Public Health

Author: Holly Montejano, MS, CIC, CPHQ

November 28, 2017

Hepatitis A virus is not for the faint of heart! This highly contagious and vaccine-preventable virus attacks the liver, with...

‘Falling’ into Flu Prevention

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

October 27, 2017

Bonfires, pumpkin patches, and football are some of the fun activities that come to my mind when someone mentions the...

Prevention of Intraluminal Contamination of Intravascular Catheters

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

September 22, 2017

Despite a 46% reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in US healthcare facilities from 2008-2013, an estimated 30,000 infections...

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Overcoming the Fall and Winter Seasonal Germ Blues

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

August 24, 2017

The summer season is nearing its end once again with the start of school, football and fall festivals. And with...

Sustaining Life: Infection Prevention in Dialysis

Author: Clinical Affairs PDI Healthcare

July 20, 2017

Healthy kidney function is an integral part of maintaining the balance of the body to sustain life. The purpose of...

Quaternary Ammonium Disinfectants: Lost in Translation?

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

June 29, 2017

There has been a plethora of scientific literature demonstrating that healthcare-associated pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococci...

Infection Prevention Regulatory Changes in Long Term Care

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

June 1, 2017

There are some big changes coming to the long term care (LTC) landscape, courtesy of the Center for Medicare and...

Support World Health and Save Lives by Cleaning Your Hands

Author: Debra Hagberg MT (ASCP), CIC

May 4, 2017

The single most effective way to prevent the spread of disease is by performing hand hygiene. Since this seems so...

The Growing Threat to Human Health: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

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

April 5, 2017

In February, the World Health Organization (WHO) published their first list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”. This is a list of...

The Unhealthy Reality in Healthcare

Author: Clinical Affairs PDI Healthcare

February 8, 2017

Dirty Little Secret: When someone is acutely ill, he/she relies on hospitals with trained professionals and employees to treat or...

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