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
July 2008 The Joint Commission Updates on the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for 2009; A Summary of Changes Related to Infection Control
June 2008 Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemases (KPC) Producing Organisms -- An Inevitability?
May 2008 Active Surveillance for MRSA – Chapter 3: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
April 2008 Hand Hygiene – A Behavioral Explanation
March 2008 Outbreak of Hepatitis C Traced to Unsafe Injection Practices in an Endoscopy Center in Nevada: A Lesson and Warning For All Anesthesiologists
February 2008 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CA-UTI): The Forgotten Hospital-Acquired Infection?
January 2008 DICON BEST PRACTICE SERIES--Successful Strategies and Key Improvement Interventions for MRSA Control
December 2007 Review of silver alginate antimicrobial catheter site dressings and iodophor-impregnated surgical incise Drapes
November 2007 Emergence of carbapenemase resistance in Klebsiella Pnuemoniae
October 2007 Isolation of Patients Colonized/Infected with Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria
September 2007 CDC Updates Isolation Guidelines in July 2007
August 2007 Chlorhexidine Gluconate -- Part II