Voice for Infection Prevention

Voice for Infection Prevention Shaping the trajectory of hospital IP to ensure adequate staffing, visibility, and education.

07/23/2026

Keeping a vigilant eye on the evolving healthcare landscape, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have escalated travel advisories, counteracting the potential spread of Ebola. These precautions come in the wake of a U.S. citizen testing p...

07/23/2026

Dr. Nora Chea, a renowned Medical Epidemiologist from the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion at CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, recently shared her insights on Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), a persistent risk to the safety of patients in U.S. ho...

07/22/2026

In 2016, a well-documented case involving a 70-year-old woman brought attention to the increased threat posed by drug-resistant bacterial infections. The woman had been infected by Klebsiella pneumoniae, a pathogenic bacteria that claimed her life due to its resistance to all 26 antibiotics availabl...

07/22/2026

In the healthcare sector, sterile processing has historically been centered around making sure instruments are cleaned, put together, and sterilized correctly. However, due to the increasing demands of today's healthcare environment, it is no longer enough to focus solely on the technical aspects. T...

07/22/2026

Recent developments in the ongoing Cyclospora outbreak investigation, led by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have raised significant public concern. However, the FDA assures the public that a recent false-positive laboratory result does not influence the course of the investiga...

07/19/2026

The concept of contact tracing is an integral practice amongst infection preventionists (IPs) and public health teams. This meticulous procedure of identifying, tracing, and containing infectious diseases might seem familiar especially due to its critical role in recent pandemics. In essence, it com...

07/18/2026

For an unsettling period exceeding two years, Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, failed to fall 'in substantial compliance' with both state and federal regulations. This alarming revelation arose from the latest two Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) inspection reports, poin...

07/18/2026

As the summer season hits its zenith, Infection Preventionists (IPs) and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) professionals are grappling with the reality that disease outbreaks may not always originate in healthcare facilities. There's a notable multistate surge in cyclosporiasis cases, caused by...

07/18/2026

The worldwide Anti-Biofilm Wound Dressing Market is teetering on the brink of substantial growth over the next decade. The drivers of this expansion are the escalating adoption of advanced wound care products by healthcare providers, designed to refine healing outcomes and mitigate infection-related...

07/18/2026

More than half a decade following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant percentage of Americans continue to grapple with an aching concern regarding the transmission of infectious diseases in public spaces as well as an impending global pandemic. This persistent worry that remains des...

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