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 2009 Clean Hospitals: More Than Just Clean Hands!
February 2009 Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and/or Oropharynx: Is There a Potential Role For This Practice in American ICU's?
March 2009 The Law of Unintended Consequences and Medicare's New Reimbursement Rules: Our Perspectives on Common Misunderstandings
April 2009 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Musings on Surveillance of Hospital-Acquired Infections
May 2009 Recent Changes in the NHSN Definition for UTI: For Better AND Worse
June 2009 Government Mandates and US Health Care: A New Chapter With the Same Story Line: Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ambulatory Surgical Centers
July 2009 New Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: Impact on Infection Control
August 2009 Are Health Care Providers Dressed to Kill? The War On White Coats Rages On
September 2009 Seasonal and Novel H1N1 "Swine" Influenza Update: Implications for Infection Control
October 2009 Improving Environmental Disinfection: Shedding Light on Novel Approaches to Terminal Cleaning
November 2009 Peri-operative Supplemental Oxygen: Surgical Site Infection Prevention or Just Hot Air?
December 2009 Intravascular Device Safety: Flushing Out The Details