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
November 2016 Stöckert 3T Heater-Cooler Units: an update on recent FDA and CDC guidance
October 2016 Single-use endoscopes: The way of the future?
September 2016 The Post-Antibiotic Era: Colistin Resistant, Carbapenem Resistant Gram Negative Rods
August 2016 Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Rate Reduction Strategies: Targeting the Numerator
July 2016 Rates of Surgical Site Infections after Colon Surgery: Why Comparing Rates Between Surgeons and Hospitals is Difficult, Confusing and Sometimes Unfair
June 2016 Reducing surgical site infections through Staphylococcus aureus carrier detection and decolonization: does it work?
May 2016 Do silver impregnated dressings prevent SSI?
April 2016 Navigating the CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Patient Safety Atlas
March 2016 Cleaning verification tests in endoscope reprocessing: not ready for prime-time
February 2016 NHSN Surveillance Definitions: New year, New Definitions
January 2016 The role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for early discontinuation of respiratory isolation for hospitalized patients with possible Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection