Infection Control Today


	FEBRUARY 25, 2020


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	Wuhan Coronavirus Pushes Personal Protective Equipment Out of the Closet

The final step after PPE donning is to do a 360-degree turn to make sure that there are no breaks in the PPE. Only then would the IP or any other healthcare professional be cleared to enter a room and tend to patients.

A Conversation With Christina Tan, MD, MPH: Coronavirus, Public Health, and Infection Prevention

"We definitely want to remind all healthcare facilities to be reviewing their infection control plans, whether in the middle of an emerging infectious disease issue such as COVID, or you know, just kind of routinely just to make sure that they're following infection control guidance and proper protocols."

Duodenoscopes: A Complicated History Manufactures a Hopeful Future

It is in the best interest of the patient that the system moves to either disposable components or scopes, as duodenoscopes have shown a propensity for disease transmission.

A Mutually Beneficial Relationship: How Healthcare Administrators Can Better Support Infection Prevention

The increasing attention to reducing HAIs and the financial penalties associated with them can create tension between infection preventionists and hospital administrators, both of which may have competing priorities.

Discoveries About C. diff Underscore That What Happens Outside Hospitals Doesn’t Always Stay Outside Hospitals

Hospital administrators and infection preventionists have to contend with diversity among C. diff isolates.

MRSA Bacteremia and Injection Drug Use: Insight From Tennessee

Bloodstream infections are ones that bring a chill to most working in healthcare and infection prevention. Such infections can be deadly and are often followed by infection prevention program surveillance efforts to keep an eye out for healthcare-associated cases.

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