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 2012 Hand Hygiene and Healthcare Worker Accountablity in Current Patient-Safety Culture
January 2013 A Year in Review: Our reflections on 2012's hot topics in infection control
February 2013 The Alphabet Soup of Options for Hospital Accreditation: TJC vs HFAP vs DNV
March 2013 Whole Genome Sequencing: An exciting new tool, but not a replacement for traditional epidemiologic methods for investigating an outbreak
April 2013 Get the Facts: Quadrivalent versus Trivalent Influenza Vaccine for 2013-2014
May 2013 Fecal Microbiota Tansplant (a.k.a. "Stool Transplant") for Treatment of Recurrent C. difficile Infection
June 2013 Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) surveillance:an imperfect science
July 2013 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): Information you need to know
August 2013 Legionella pneumophila: When is it necessary to examine the hospital water supply?
September 2013 LabID Events for Monitoring Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms and Clostridium difficile Infection: Pros and Cons
October 2013 Avoiding Ertapenem for Colorectal Surgery Perioperative Prophylaxis
November 2013 Our perspective on CDC's "Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013"