Insights on Infection Control : Professional Standards

Flu Vaccines for Healthcare Providers: Let Your Voice Be Heard

Barbara Smith — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:53:00 GMT

The National Vaccine Advisory Committee established a Health Care Personnel Influenza Vaccination Subgroup to help achieve the national goal of 90 percent influenza immunization among healthcare providers by the year 2020. And they want to hear from you...(read more)

Nurses Making a Difference

Barbara Smith — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:42:00 GMT

Some days we feel like we accomplished something if none of our patients fall or no one had a serious reaction to their immunization - in short, there were no adverse patient events on your shift. But since an infection may take a few days to develop,...(read more)

Hand Hygiene

Susan Dubay, MPA, BSN, RN — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Thank you to those who read my last posting about using disposable medical devices as an infection prevention method. I was interested to see the posting that you "try to clean stethoscopes between patients." There are numerous clinical studies that link...(read more)