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AHA podcast: Getting to Near Zero with Infection Prevention

Waleed Javaid, M.D., director of infection prevention and control at Mount Sinai Health System in New York, shares successful strategies for eliminating healthcare-associated infections.

Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection: A Best Practice Guide to Help Health Care Organizations Create Safe, Healing Environments

Using the Health Care Physical Environment to Prevent and Control Infection: A Best Practice Guide to Help Health Care Organizations Create Safe, Healing Environments

Understanding Positive vs. Negative Pressurization

Positive vs Negative Operating room and protective isolation = Positive Airborne isolation = Negative

Project Firstline Explainer Videos

A series of explainer videos that support EVS professionals in their efforts to practice proper cleaning and disinfection in a variety of health care settings.

Project Firstline Pathogen Match-up Tool

This new tool is designed to educate frontline health care workers on the six most common pathogens found in health care settings.

AHA report: Key takeaways from the field on building a culture of safety  

A new AHA report highlights key takeaways from nearly 350 health care professionals nationwide who participated in a series of AHA-hosted listening sessions on the state of infection prevention and control to identify challenges, share what’s working, improve outcomes and create better patient experiences.  

The New Approach to Mitigating Clostridiodes difficile (C. diff) Transmission While Saving Direct Cost to the Hospital

Every year, thousands of patients across the United States are impacted by the effects of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections (HO-CDIs). In this webinar, we examine the limitations of current interventions to prevent transmission of C. diff. We also present the manner in which an effective environmental hygiene program to reduce HO-CDI is implemented and the critical role EVS personnel played. (Webinar presented May 18, 2023)

CDC: Studies reinforce effectiveness of mpox vaccination for people at risk

As summer Pride parades and other large gatherings approach, Americans at high risk for mpox (monkeypox) exposure should ensure they are fully vaccinated with the JYNNEOS vaccine as recommended, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised, pointing to three new studies supporting the vaccine’s effectiveness against the virus.

CDC reports fungal meningitis outbreak in certain patients treated in Mexico

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted clinicians to an outbreak of suspected fungal meningitis among U.S. patients hospitalized in Texas after undergoing cosmetic procedures under epidural anesthesia at clinics in Matamoros, Mexico.