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
November 2012 Ditch the Swabs and Yellow Gowns: Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine for Everyone!!??
October 2012 Pertussis Outbreak: Is Your Hospital at Risk?
September 2012 Universal Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Workers: Where do DICON hospitals stand?
August 2012 Epidemiology of MRSA Infections: DICON and Beyond
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?
June 2012 The Trouble with Using Vancomycin for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery
May 2012 Good-bye VAP, Hello VAC
April 2012 Antimicrobial Stewardship: Another approach to combating drug-resistant pathogens
March 2012 Norovirus Outbreak!
February 2012 Surgical Site Infection (SSI)-Improved Methods for Benchmarking and Public Reporting
January 2012 Targeting Device Removal: Interpretation and Impact of Device-Utilization Ratio