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 2010 Intravascular Device Safety (Part II): Antimicrobial-Coated Catheters
February 2010 Surgical Site Antisepsis: Going Back to Prep School
March 2010 Chlorhexidine-Resistant MRSA: A Harbinger for Future Challenges in Infection Control?
April 2010 New Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection: Impact on Infection Control
May 2010 Peri-operative Screening for Staphylococcus aureus: Concerns About a Recently Published Study
June 2010 Pseudo-Infections and Pseudo-Outbreaks: Real Challenges for Infection Control
July 2010 The Long Term Effect of Participation in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network
August 2010 Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance Tools Do Not Prevent Infections: A Comparison of Surveillance Systems
August 2010 Table Comparing DICON and NHSN Surveillance Systems
September 2010 New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-1 (NDM-1): Emergence of a Novel Resistance Mechanism in Enterobacteriaceae
October 2010 Universal Influenza Vaccination for Health Care Workers: The Time is Now
November 2010 Understanding Measures of Surveillance Analysis: Incidence Rate and Standardized Infection Ratio