Newsletters

We issue monthly newsletters to keep hospital infection control professionals, nurses, and physicians up-to-date about technical, timely, and important news regarding infection control topics.

Previous DICON Newsletters are listed below as examples of this valuable resource

Date Title
January 2007 Team-Based Prevention of Vascular Catheter-Related Infections -- The Bar Gets Raised
February 2007 Team-Based Prevention of Vascular Catheter-Related Infections -- Chapter 2: Evidence for Individual Recommendations
March 2007 Team-Based Prevention of Vascular Catheter-Related Infections--Chapter 3: Efficacy in a DICON Hospital
April 2007 Bariatric Surgery -- A Weighty Concern
May 2007 Discussion on BSI Categorization: Contaminants, Primary and Secondary BSI
June 2007 An Overview of the Five Million Lives Campaign
July 2007 An Update on Active Surveillance -- The Debate Continues
August 2007 Chlorhexidine Gluconate -- Part II
September 2007 CDC Updates Isolation Guidelines in July 2007
October 2007 Isolation of Patients Colonized/Infected with Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria
November 2007 Emergence of carbapenemase resistance in Klebsiella Pnuemoniae
December 2007 Review of silver alginate antimicrobial catheter site dressings and iodophor-impregnated surgical incise Drapes