Infection Prevention

A new forced-air system was more effective at drying and thus cleaning endoscopes than standard alcohol flush and air purge cycles, researchers found.

A Florida hospital doubled the size of its infection prevention staff over a 4-year period and saw a substantial decrease in hospital-related infections, researchers reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting.

SAN ANTONIO — After confirming reports of norovirus in a hematologic oncology and clinical trials unit, a comprehensive infection prevention plan was put in place, stopping further infections with no recurrence.

The FDA has approved Capvaxive, Merck’s 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine, which is specifically made to protect adults.

SAN ANTONIO — We caught up with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, at the annual meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology to find out how she got “Hooked on ID.”

SAN ANTONIO — Natural language processing and other branches of AI are already being investigated for use in drug selection and diagnosis, and now researchers have found that AI may also help in infection prevention and surveillance.

SAN ANTONIO — Clinicians at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center learned some valuable insight about environmental containment after they identified two patients with Candida auris.

SAN ANTONIO — Rates of surgical site infections drastically improved after implementing a comprehensive prevention bundle, researchers reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting.

Given my family history of MDs — my father, siblings and spouses of my siblings are all physicians — I actively tried to steer clear of medicine, but in the end, I just couldn’t help myself.

Artificial intelligence could help hospitals improve infection prevention efforts and make their outbreak responses faster and more accurate, according to experts.