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
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
July 2007 An Update on Active Surveillance -- The Debate Continues
June 2007 An Overview of the Five Million Lives Campaign
May 2007 Discussion on BSI Categorization: Contaminants, Primary and Secondary BSI
April 2007 Bariatric Surgery -- A Weighty Concern
March 2007 Team-Based Prevention of Vascular Catheter-Related Infections--Chapter 3: Efficacy in a DICON Hospital
February 2007 Team-Based Prevention of Vascular Catheter-Related Infections -- Chapter 2: Evidence for Individual Recommendations
January 2007 Team-Based Prevention of Vascular Catheter-Related Infections -- The Bar Gets Raised
December 2006 Infection Control Aspects of Needleless Connectors: A Basic Primer with a Discussion of Unanswered Questions and Recommendations for Use