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
August 2018 Diagnostic Stewardship, Part II: Understanding indications for collecting blood cultures for hospitalized adult patients
July 2018 Pre-operative Bathing: What is the Current Evidence?
June 2018 Long-Term Trends in Rates of Selected Healthcare-Associated Infections in Hospitals Affiliated with DICON
May 2018 The New MDRO on the Block: Candida auris
April 2018 Ultraviolet Disinfection Technology
March 2018 Interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) testing of Healthcare Workers: More pitfalls than benefits
February 2018 C the Diff: What is New in the 2017 IDSA/SHEA Clinical Practice Guidelines for Clostridium difficile Infections?
January 2018 Periarticular Injection Practices in DICON/DASON Hospitals
December 2017 Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies for Managing the Intravenous (IV) Fluid Shortage
November 2017 Contact Precautions for Asymptomatic Carriers of C. difficile
October 2017 Time to Discard Contact Precautions for Patients with VRE and MRSA Colonization?
September 2017 Updates in Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Testing