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 2016 Rebaselining the NHSN SIRs
January 2017 Reviewing the New ACS Surgical Site Guidelines
February 2017 Novel Nasal Antiseptics as a Strategy to Reduce Surgical Site Infections
March 2017 Out with the Old, In with the New: How DICON Hospitals’ NHSN SIRs Changed with the New 2015 Baseline
April 2017 Midline Catheters: Alternative to PICCs or glorified PIVs?
May 2017 Diagnostic Stewardship: An alternative approach to reduce HAIs and improve clinical care
June 2017 Probiotics for the prevention of CDI: Myth or Miracle?
July 2017 Legionella: Your decorative fountains could be placing patients at risk
August 2017 Review of the New CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
September 2017 Updates in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Testing
October 2017 Time to Discard Contact Precautions for Patients with VRE and MRSA Colonization?
November 2017 Contact Precautions for Asymptomatic Carriers of C. difficile