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Infection prevention: Looking to the future while tending to the present

December 15, 2025

Health Equity, Patient Safety

The challenges facing infection preventionists (IP) were already immense before the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year. Now the demand for their expertise is higher than ever, says Devin Jopp, EdD, MS, w...

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CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

December 15, 2025

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century. Between 2006 and 2009, roughly 1.9% of surgical pr...

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Joint Commission surveyors to focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature

September 04, 2024

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Health Equity, Physical environment

The Joint Commission announced that as of March 1, its surveyors will place special focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature observations in psychiatric hospitals and units. Now, surveyors will docum...

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Infection prevention: Looking to the future while tending to the present

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

Joint Commission surveyors to focus on suicide, self-harm, and ligature

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