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
December 2011 Year in Review: Major Events of 2011 and DICON Predictions for 2012
January 2012 Targeting Device Removal: Interpretation and Impact of Device-Utilization Ratio
February 2012 Surgical Site Infection (SSI)-Improved Methods for Benchmarking and Public Reporting
March 2012 Norovirus Outbreak!
April 2012 Antimicrobial Stewardship: Another approach to combating drug-resistant pathogens
May 2012 Good-bye VAP, Hello VAC
June 2012 The Trouble with Using Vancomycin for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery
July 2012 Our Comments and Critique of the 2012 Centers for Disease Control Toolkit: Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) What is New? What is Important?
August 2012 Epidemiology of MRSA Infections: DICON and Beyond
September 2012 Universal Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Where do DICON hospitals stand?
October 2012 Pertussis Outbreak: Is Your Hospital at Risk?
November 2012 Ditch the Swabs and Yellow Gowns: Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine for Everyone!!??