APIC 2018: A Call to Action for Infection Preventionists

A keynote speaker who suffered a devastating healthcare infection urged IPs to stand their ground and protect patients. Read More

What Joint Commission Surveyors Are Citing on Infection Control

Feeling prepared for a Joint Commission accreditation survey after receiving only one deficiency in an inspection three years prior, an IP was “devastated” when her hospital was written up for four lapses in infection control practices. Read More

What Is the SAFER Accreditation Survey?

Infection preventionists should be aware that The Joint Commission is using a new accreditation process called the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Risk. Read More

Measles Outbreak 101: IP Shares Lessons Learned

Once declared eradicated in the U.S., measles is still causing outbreaks in many parts of the world and may show up at any given U.S. hospital in a traveler or a child whose parents did not have him or her immunized. Read More

Using PEP or MMR Vaccine for Measles Exposure

During a large community outbreak of measles last year, infection preventionists at Children’s Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis worked with the state health department to deliver post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to 138 (80%) of 173 people who were defined as PEP-eligible. Read More

Challenges Remain to Reduce C. diff, CAUTIs, and MRSA

The epidemiology of a leading healthcare-associated infection is changing. Clostridium difficile, which kills some 15,000 patients annually, is becoming more of a threat in the community as hard-fought progress is made in hospitals.

WHO: Ebola Outbreak in Congo Appears Contained

As of July 1, 2018, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared to be ebbing, but infection preventionists should still be wary of cases related to travel. Read More