Infection Prevention and Control

The agency is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October, including five deaths.
The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering recently updated its free tool to help health care facilities assess and prevent infection risk during construction, renovation and maintenance.
AHA and AHRQ are releasing a new toolkit for preventing CLABSI and CAUTI in intensive care units. It the customizable resource offers assessment tools and a reduction plan.
Project Firstline will host a virtual event March 16 at 1 p.m. ET to celebrate health care workers and unveil new resources to help them prevent and control infections.
An influx of critically ill patients during the COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on health care systems, with many infection-prevention resources diverted to outbreak management.
We’ve seen that valuable training and professional development help employees feel happier in their work, become more excited about the prospect of success and develop a higher self-worth.
A new four-part tool is available to help hospitals and health systems estimate the cost and benefit of interventions to prevent health care-associated infections.