December 23rd 2024
Discover how reducing hand hygiene observations from 200 to 50 per unit monthly can optimize infection preventionists' time, enhance safety culture, and improve patient outcomes.
How to Address Concerns About the Influenza Vaccine
December 2nd 2022Reluctance to receive the influenza vaccine continues despite years-long campaigns to increase vaccination rates. William Schaffner, MD, speaks to ICT® about how health care workers can respond to the most common questions and assure of the vaccine’s safety and efficacy.
Parneix Discusses France's Fight Against COVID-19, Monkeypox, and Influenza in France
October 19th 2022Pierre Parneix, MD, speaks with Infection Control Today® on his work as the president of the French Society for Hospital Hygiene, his work with the Clean Hospitals, and his outlook on France’s fight against infectious disease in the near future.
Candida auris: How Environmental Hygiene Protects Vulnerable Patients
October 7th 2022COVID-19 has not been the only pathogen that has been spreading the last few years. Candida auris has taken a hold, not only in the United States but around the world. Here are the details and how environmental hygiene practices can protect patients in a health care setting.
Sepsis: Earlier Detection With New Clinical Surveillance Tool
September 30th 2022A sepsis diagnosis is expensive and deadly, and early detection and treatment are key to saving lives. However, sepsis is not always easy to diagnose early, so a new advanced analytics surveillance tool can increase the chances of an improved outcome.
Birx: Using Science and Data, The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not Over
September 22nd 2022Ambassador Deborah Birx, MD, an American diplomat and infectious disease expert, once again joins Infection Control Today®, this time to talk about President Biden’s recent comment that the pandemic is over, and what can be done to mitigate the circumstances.
Birx: Every New Infection, Loss Should be Considered a Failure of US Medical Infrastructure
August 17th 2022Ambassador Deborah Birx said in an exclusive interview with ICT® that there are “extraordinary structural barriers in the US to access” medical care. Individuals may have insurance, but they cannot access care.
How to Protect Infection Preventionists’ Mental and Physical Wellbeing From COVID-19 Burnout
July 14th 2022Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, and her colleagues examined how COVID-19 affected infection preventionists’ mental and physical health, and in an exclusive interview, she discusses how facilities and IPs themselves can mitigate burnout.
Selecting the Best Disinfectant/Application Method: Keeping C difficile and C auris at Bay
July 6th 2022A recent study by NYU Langone investigators determined that disinfecting high-touch surfaces within patient rooms with NaDCC via wipes and electrostatic sprayers yielded lower mean bacteria colony counts.