Q: During our recent survey, a surveyor sited open flash pans poststerilization being transported without a cover. How can I clarify this? ...

True or False: Hospitals do not need to provide influenza vaccine to the voluntary medical staff. ...

Have you heard about the new award sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, and the Society for Healthcare E...

Recognizing that the healthcare sector produces a vast amount of waste and hazards to the environment, more healthcare facilities are doing their part in sustainability and greening efforts....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced good news for healthcare-associated infections:...

True or False: Evidence-based medicine should be the basis for all infection control policies and procedures. ...

The Joint Commission requires healthcare facilities to train employees annually. Part of that training includes best practices for infection control (IC), but effective training requires infection pre...

The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently endorsed two outcomes-based measures from the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). The measures, surgical...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the arrival of "Get Smart About Antibiotics Week" (observed November 14-20, 2011) by launching a new antibiotic tracking system...

After reading this article, you will be able to: Identify the three silos NUMC used when developing ­process improvement for CLABSI prevention Discuss the tools and tactics used by observ...