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The IP’s role in vaccine compliance has traditionally centered on influenza shots, but that all changed with SARS-CoV-2.

Trained observers at a pediatric hospital in south Texas relied on the app for hand hygiene observation collections between June 18 and November 30, 2021, and logged a 140% increase in observations collected.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending June 10.

AMR and surgical site infections are a consistent issue for surgeries, and often surgeons feel they have done everything they can to reduce the risk, and yet the event still occurs with an alarming frequency. Is there anything novel that can be done? ICT® tries to find out.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 20.

Infection preventionists in both the home health care and acute care settings need to communicate and collaborate with each other for the best outcome for the patient.

The interprofessional team implemented multiple evidenced-based interventions that demonstrated sustained compliance.

A patient has a higher risk of infection of C difficile in a hospital bed that previously held a patient who also had C difficile.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending April 29.

Terra Kremer, the senior program manager of microbiological quality and sterility assurance at Johnson & Johnson, and technical lead of the Device Processing Tiger Team, spoke with ICT® about her research on time and efficiency of sterile processing and what is most affecting the industry today.

The HSPA 2022 presentation focused on sharing new and future sterilization standards updates.

Jill Holdsworth, CIC, FAPIC, NREMT, CRCST, manager of infection prevention at Emory University Hospital Midtown, joins ICT® to discuss the implications of her research, as well as other guidance for building an optimal relationship between infection prevention and the sterile processing department.

Previously, reduction of other organisms, like VRE, C difficile, and MRSA had been demonstrated by this combination.

Remembering the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues, investigators study the efficacy of reusing N95 FFRs.

Susan “Suzy” Scott, MSN, RN, WOC Nurse, also speaks to Infection Control Today® about incident tracking and electronic medical records.

After an Expo like no other, Dennis looks forward to the 70th year of advocacy for perioperative nurses.

A recent study's results also could indicate how other vaccinations, including COVID-19 and pneumonia, affect patients.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 25.

Investigators concluded that HCPs can safely return to work after 7 days of quarantine if they test negative for COVID-19 on days 5 to 7.

The system gives infection preventionists another tool to combat the pathogen despite implementation challenges.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 11.

Key recommendations in the report include normalizing mask wearing and avoiding the supply chain failures.

Compliance has increased up to 50% on key infection prevention and control practices at a South Carolina health system due to these short emoji-cartoons.

Staff shortages, public recognition, and moving out of the medical field are all issues that the sterile processing industry has faced.

Lisa Waldowski, DNP, RN, CIC, of Kaiser Permanente: “There will always be a role for infection preventionists. I don’t worry about job security, so to speak. There are so many elements within infection prevention and control.”

Jamie Seltzer: “We have so much history—recent history as well as 100 years ago—to tell us that it would be incredibly unusual and atypical if SARS-CoV-2 were the only viral infection that did not lead to post-viral complications.”

Proper ventilation can greatly reduce the environmental strain on operating rooms. However, there’s no one-size-fits all solution.

Just when should a health care professional return to work after a high-risk COVID-19 exposure? In a Q&A, Sharon Ward-Fore, MS, MT(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC, explains the CDC’s changing recommendations.

Anthony Harris, MD, MBA, MPH: “There are nights where I go to bed thinking, ‘Will tomorrow be the day that I read about a tremendous increase in severity in Omicron, and antibody dependent enhancement could be the cause of it?’”

CDC’s Michael Craig: “Every country is an importer and an exporter of resistance…. And our hope is that this could be a jumpstart to help some of these countries start to build the capacity that is needed everywhere.”