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Bernadette 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.

The report addresses how the US’s decisions on the pandemic generally increased antimicrobial resistance, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for the future.

A 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.

The 50-year-old Association for Professionals and Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) gives many tools to aid infection preventionists at any stage of their career with education, networking, and an annual conference.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending June 24.

Investigators look for and find MRSA and C difficil widespread on floors, especially in patient rooms, and MRSA inside NICU isolette beds.

The wearable wristband works with location sensors throughout the hospital to track HH and HCW behavior, and then pairs with an app that analyzes individual performance.

“Of all the SSIs we culled over that 3 years, about 42% of them required a wound class change by an infection preventionist,” Emily Grohs, MPH, CIC, tells ICT®.

The infection preventionist’s role extends far beyond simply surveillance activities and into an integrated member of design and operations.

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.