Using Humor in Infection Prevention

Surrounded by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria

Understanding the Science Behind New Zealand's COVID-19 Response

Sharing Knowledge: Learning From Those Who Have Challenged the CIC Exam

CBIC Update 2022

From Clean Hands to Clean Hospitals, 2005 to 2022

The Cost-Effectiveness of Temporary Single-Patient Rooms to Reduce the Risk of HAI

World Hand Hygiene Day ... Unite for Safety: Clean Your Hands

How Do We Imagine Our Future? The Infection Prevention Crystal Ball Initiative

Unintended Microbial Consequences of Routine Chlorhexidine Bathing

Vaccine Hesitancy - What's Happening

Accessing the Clinical Accuracy of a Hand Hygiene System

Rethinking Solutions for Public Health Problems: A Holistic One Health Social Science (OHSS) Systems Approach

Three Early IPC Pioneers: Who Can Still Teach Us a Thing or Two

Clinical Syndromes and Conditions Warranting Empiric Transmission Based Precautions

The Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

One Health for Human Health Clinicians: In Light of COVID-19 Are We Approaching a Tipping Point?

COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Dress Rehearsal for "Disease X"?

Emerging Fungal Infections in Hospitals ... and Control

The Sanitation Economy & Public Health

Discovering and Transforming the Inner ICP Educator

Hand Hygiene - Reloaded

Clean Hospitals Day 2021: Why Environmental Hygiene is More Important Than Ever

Common Features of Waterborne Pathogens in Hospitals:
Why Are They So Challenging?


Infection Control and Prevention in Long-Term Care Facilities and Healthcare Laundry

Past, Present & Future

Infection Prevention - Through a Different Lens

Tridemics of Influenza, COVID & RSV

Antimicrobial Resistance - We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us

Bacteriophage and Probiotics Used for Infection Prevention in Healthcare Settings: A Work in Progress

Normothermia - The Why, How, and When Questinos Impacting Post Op Infections

Home Health & Hospice Aides: Preventing and Controlling Infections When Providing Personal Care in the Home

From Policy to Practice: Implementing Government Directed Policy & Implications for Infection Control Practice

Emerging Pathogens: Have We Learned Any Lessons?

Complacency About Diseases, Anxiety About Vaccines: 
The Meningitis Perspective

Hygiene Behaviour in Our Homes and Everyday Lives to Meet 21st Century Needs

The Norwegian Experience Controlling the Coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

5th May 2021: Achieving Effective Hand Hygiene at the Point of Care

Returning to Work During COVID-19

COVID-19: Lessons to be Learned and the Role of the Global Virus Network

JHI Journal Document: Disinfection and cleaning of heater-cooler units

Safety in the Medical Device Reprocessing Department During COVID-19

Lessons Learned From Heater-Coolers

Reimagining Infection Prevention With Compassion - A Positive Legacy of COVID-19?

The 2020 COVID-19 Journey and It's Impact on New Zealand

Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Asia Pacific

Supporting the Wellbeing of Healthcare Workers Through Difficult Times

COVID Update & Vaccine Info

COVID in Nursing Homes

Fake News in the Time of COVID-19

An Update on COVID-19 - Including Vaccines

Making Behaviour Change Interventions Effective by Applying Behviour Change Theory

Effectively Monitoring Hand Hygiene: Direct Observation Only or Combined with Automated Monitoring

Infection Prevention and Control in Home Health Care

Preventing Transmission of COVID-19 in the Home

Clean Hospitals: The Next Frontier

Can We Halve Gram Negative Bloodstream Infections?

Certification in Infection Prevention and Control ... Value of Certification - What's In It For Me?

Waterborne Pathogens: Why is Their Profile Changing?

Reprocessing of Critical Foot Care Devices

Pet Associated Zoonoses: What’s New and Relevant for Infection Prevention and Control

Hospital Laundry and C. difficile Spore Inactivation

Polio Eradication in India - Takeaways for Others

AHEAD: Behavioral Science Framework for Infection Prevention

Cleaning and Disinfection in the Time of SARS-CoV-2

As the Hospital Turns: The Continuing Saga of Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection

The Buzz Around Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Infection Prevention and Control in Home Care and Hospice: Common Compliance Issues

Sharps Injuries – Why Aren’t We At Zero?

How Difficult is it to Eliminate Coronavirus from Surfaces?

Feedback as a Principle of System Behaviour: About Helicopters, Metabolism, and Healthcare Workers

Celebrating Nurses and Midwives for Clean Care in the Context of the WHO Hand Hygiene Campaign and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Efficacy of Infection Prevention and Control Committees in African Settings

Developing and Implementing a Personal Protective Equipment Training Program for High-Consequence Infectious Disease Preparedness

Antimicrobial Resistance - A Global One Health Challenge

Malnutrition Risk and Healthcare Infection - A MUST Do

Positive Deviance and Hand Hygiene of Nurses in a Quebec Hospital: What Can We Learn From the Best?

A One Health Perspective on Food Security

Social Media Impact on Infection Prevention and Control

Cleaning in Healthcare

How to Communicate About HAI With X, Y, and Z Generations

Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Priorities: Where Do We Go From Here?

Minimum Requirements for Starting the Implementation of the WHO Core Components of Infection Prevention and Control Programs

The Role of Cleaners in Infection Prevention - Neglected Front Line Workers in Healthcare Facilities

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ... The Forgotten Healthcare Associated Infection

Infection Control Risk Assessment Issues ... New Construction

Challenges for Infection Prevention and Control Practices in Paramedic-Led Healthcare: 
Self-Reported Behaviours and Perceptions 
of Australian Paramedics

Endoscope Reprocessing: Paradigm Shift

Beware of Dry-Surface Biofims

Delivering IPC Education Systems for Africa - One Size Does Not Fit All

Pneumocystis - An Important Healthcare-Associated Infection?

Challenges and Opportunities in Infection Prevention & Control

Meat, Monkeys, and Mosquitoes: A One Health Perspective on Emerging Diseases

Bed Bugs - Considerations for Health Care and Social Service Providers

Diagnostic Stewardship: Modified Culture Testing to Enhance Antibiotic Stewardship

Control of Nosocomial Infection in Pediatrics

Superbugs: Filoviruses

Getting to Grips With Healthcare-Associated Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection?

Water Damage Management in Healthcare

SSI Surveillance Strategies in Under-Resourced Settings

Active Surveillance Culture of Asymptomatic Patients as a Strategy to Control MDROs

One Health - The Risks and Rewards of Loving Animals

Principles of Adult Learning for Achieving Effective Teaching

Advantages, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned From High-Tech Learning and Teaching Strategies

Adapting IPAC in Unconventional Spaces

Migrant and Refugee Populations: A Public Health and Policy Perspective on a Continuing Global Crisis

Clean Care For All - It's In Your Hands!

Hospital Renovation - Infection Control Best Practice, Training & Experience

Modern Tools for Bacterial Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance in the Era of Electroinc Health Data

Influenza and Viral Pneumonia

A Novel Approach to Stethoscope Hygiene

Peering Beyond the Five Moments of Hand Hygiene Compliance

Collaborative Clinical Research to Reduce Infections

The Fallout of Fake News in Infection Prevention ... and Why Context Matters

The Introduction of Risk-Based Assessment for Management of ESBL-E Patients in Acute Care

The Introduction of Risk-Based Assessment for Management of ESBL-E Patients in Acute Care

The Effectiveness of TB Infection Control Strategies in High HIV/TB Burden Settings

Clostridium difficile Prevention Using Human Factors and Systems Engineering Approach

WHO 2019 Global Survey on Infection Prevention and Control and Hand Hygiene

New Perspectives on Infection Prevention and Control Program Assessments in the Spirit of Improvement

Implementing Infection Control: Ways to Get Your Hospital to Talk About Infection Control

Control of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriacea in an Endemic Setting

Infectious Disease Highlights and Lowlights in 2018, and What to Expect in 2019

Sporicides and How To Test Them

Decolonization to
 Reduce MDROs in Healthcare: 
Who, What, Where, When, and Why?


Neonatal Sepsis Prevention in Low-Resource Settings

HCV Infection in Prison. From Individual Care to Viral Eradication Strategy: A Benefit For the Community

Prevention of Surgical Site Infections - Turning Recommendations Into Practice With a Proven Improvement Strategy

Reconsidering Hand Hygiene Observation Methodology

"AHEAD" - A Consolidated Framework For Behavioural Infectious Risks in Acute Care ... Part 1

Infection Control Champions: Made ... Not Born

The Impact of Disinfectants on Antimicrobial Resistance - An Ayliffe Prediction

Surveillance by Objectives? Using Measurement in the Prevention of HCAI

Chlorhexidine Use and Bacterial Resistance

The Race to Stop the Silent Tsunami of Antifungal Drug Resistance

Molecular Diagnostics and It's Role in Infection Prevention

Interpreting Research Evidence

Hospital Infection Control From a Developing Country's Perspective

The Future of Infection Control - Bright or Bleak?

One Nurse's journey - Collaborative Clinical Research to Reduce Infections

Involving Patients in Understanding Hospital Infection Prevention and Control Using Video-Reflexive Methods

Joining the Ranks: Mannequins and the Inside Story

Trekking Safely Through the Storm - Managing Complex IPAC Issues

How CBIC Works For You

WHO Global Hand Hygiene Campaign 2018 - "It's in your hands - prevent sepsis in health care"

Understanding Risk Perceptions and Responses of the Public, Healthcare Professionals, and the Media: The Case for Clostridium difficile

Hopes, Hypes, and Multivallate Defences Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Genetic Analysis of Organisms Isolated From the ICU

Topical Antibiotics to Prevent Post-Operative Surgical Infection. Is the Paradigm Changing?

Nurse-Driven Antibiotic Stewardship: Qualitative Study of Perceived Barriers to Recommended Practices

Clostridium difficile Asymptomatic Carriers - The Hidden Part of the Iceburg

Climate Change and Infectious Diseases

Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes and Palliative Care

Why Leadership Matters for Effective IPC

Root Cause Analysis to Support IC Teams' Daily Work

Improving the Knowledge and Receptiveness of Medical Students Towards Hand Hygiene: 
Exploring New Approaches

Refugee Health: A New Perspective for Infection Prevention and Control

Patients Are Your Partners - Why and How This Partnership Works

Practical Approaches for Monitoring Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities

Global Infection Prevention & Control Priorities 2018-2011: A Call For Action

Using the Right Model to Calculate the Financial Implications of Clostridium difficile Infection

Enhanced Performance Feedback and Patient Participation to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance

Beyond High-Touch Surfaces: Floors, Portable Equipment, Sinks, and Other Potential Sources of Healthcare Infection Transmission

The Role of Rapid Diagnostics in Preventing Healthcare Infection

The Problem With Evidence - The Thorny Relationship of Infection Control and Evidence-Based Practice

Noroviruses - Looking at the Evidence for What We Know and What We Do

Administrations Sets / Infusion Tubing: How Often Should They be Changed to Prevent CRBSI?

Cleaning the "Grey Zones" of Hospitals

WHO Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Health Care Facilities

Infection Prevention for Hospitalized Children and Neonates in Africa

Infection Control in Paramedic Services

Hand Hygiene Program Successes in Member Countries of the INICC

Strengthening IPC Structures Through Education - Capacity Building in Africa

Infection Control Guidelines That Did Not Work Against Ebola in 2014

10 Years of Evidence - From Information to Implementation

Infectious Diseases in a Borderless World

What Makes Infection Prevention and Control Work?

Social Media: Useful or Useless in Infection Prevention and Control?

Learning Infection Control Via Games

The Impact of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection

The Psychology of Hand Hygiene: How to Improve Hand Hygiene Using Behaviour Change Frameworks

Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacilli

Rapid Reporting of Emerging Disease Outbreaks Using Unofficial Sources: Lessons From ProMED

The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Methods for Bedpan Management

The Airborne Spread of Infectious Agents: Survival and Decontamination of Human Pathogens in Indoor Air

Fight Antibiotic Resistance: It's in Your Hands

Cost Analysis of Universal Screening vs. Risk Factor-Based Screening for MRSA

Do's and Don'ts for Hospital Cleaning

Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance - A View (and response) From Down-Under

Technologic Innovations to Prevent Catheter - Related Bloodstream Infection

Screening for Stayphylococcus aureus Before Surgery. Why Bother?

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention in the Continuum of Acute Care

Severe MRSA in Acute Care Setting - Key Factors for Preventing MRSA in the ICU

How to Become CIC Certified Without Becoming Certifiable

Evaluating IPC Education in the Workplace

The Role of Dry Surface Contamination in Healthcare Infection Transmission

Using Expert Process to Combat Clostridium difficile Infections

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Health Care Providers Toward Ebola Virus Disease in Hotspots in Khartoum and White Nile States, Sudan

M. chimaera Infections Associated with Heater Cooler Units

The Role of Intersectional Innovations in Preventing Infection

Infection Control in Elderly Care Facilities - Where Should We Go?

Viability of Bacteria on Fabrics

Moving from Evidence to Innovations in Practice

Latest Innovations in Infection Prevention and Control

Ten Years of National HAI - 2007-2016

Meeting the Challenge of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Australian Aged Care Homes

ACIPC (Australia) Conference Patron Address

Why is Improving Infection Prevention and Control So Hard?

Influencing Decision Makers

New IPC Recommendations from WHO - The Importance of IPC Actions in Fighting the Antimicrobial Resistance Burden

Norovirus and Healthcare Facilities: How to Keep the Virus Out, and What to do When it Gets in

Antimicrobial Environmental Surfaces in Healthcare Settings - Can They Really Be Beneficial?

Certification and Support of the CIC Certification Examination

Technology for Monitoring Hand Hygiene in the 21st Century: Why Aren't We Using it?

Update on Methods for Cleaning and Disinfection of Environmental Surfaces

Adherence Engineering to Reduce Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections

Using Science to Guide Hand Hygiene Surveillance and Improvement

Debate - Are Contact Precautions Essential to the Management of Patients With MDRO's

How Can We Improve Improvement?

Hardware or Software? Interventions for a Sustainable Infection Control Programme

Infection Control and Pet Therapy

Chlorine Use in Health Care

Can Patient Empowerment Be Used as a Strategy to Improve Infection Control Compliance?

Results of Qualitative Research on Implementation of Infection Control Best Practice in European Hospitals

Sharps Injury Prevention: Challenges and Effective Strategies

Exploring the Role of Environmental Surfaces in Occupational Infection Prevention

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice in Long-Term Care: An Innovative Model for Success

Being Heard: The IP and Organizational Structure

Screening for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) ... Why Bother?

Are Your Cleaning Wipes Safe?

Implementation of Clinical Indication for Peripheral IV Dwell Time: Check the Patient, Not the Clock

What's New in Number 2? Update on Diarrheal Disease from a Global Perspective

One Health and the Politics of Antibiotic Resistance

IP Resources: A Discussion of Strategies to Calculate Appropriate Infection Prevention Personnel Resources

Hand Hygiene Supports Safe Surgical Care

Infection Prevention and Control with Accreditation Canada Qmentum Program

Infection Prevention - It's Not Just Washing Hands

The Core Components for Infection Prevention and Control Programs and Action Plan

Utilization of Methylglyoxal in Manuka Honey to Reduce S. aureus Colonisation in the Nasal Vestibule

Preventing Invasive Candida Infections - Where Could We Do Better?

Successful Implementation of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection Prevention Bundles: Lessons Learned

Global Mycobacterium chimaera Outbreak in Cardiac Surgery

Barriers to TB Infection Control in Developing Countries

MERS-COV: Implications for Healthcare Facilities

Patient Empowerment in Hand Hygiene Programs to Combat Epidemics and Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis

Successful Implementation Strategy for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

Epidemiologic and Molecular Patterns of Hospital and Community-Associated MRSA

Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Gram Negative Antibiotic Resistant Rods

Ebola Outbreak - What Are the Main Lessons Learned for Infection Control?

Examining the Unmentionables - Sanitation and the Global Agenda

Rising to the Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria

HIV Treatment as Prevention - From Research Hypothesis to Global Policy and Beyond

The Role of Water as a Vector in the Transmission of Infections in Hospitals

Current Trends in Salmonella: Epidemiology, Infection and Control

Demystifying the CIC Certification Exam

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Root Cause Analysis Used in the Field of Infection Control

The Use of Social Media in Support of Global Infection Prevention and Control

Recurrent Clostridium difficile : The Role of Faecal Microbiota Transplants

Debate - Selective Decontamination of the Gut

What Did the Romans Ever Do For Us? Do We Learn From History

Evidence vs. Tradition: Examining the science on bathing critically ill patients

Ventilation for Energy Management and Infection Control

Is Mandatory Influenza Vaccination the Best Way to Protect Our Patients?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopes: A Need to Shift from Disinfection to Sterilization

To Glove or Not to Glove? How to Answer the Question

Thinking Tools for Infection Prevention and Patient Safety

Natural Ventilation in the Healthcare Environment

Healthcare Infection Control and Recent Public Health Responses

Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in Resource-Limited Settings

The Power of Influence

Preventing Infections in Healthcare Workers: Strategies and Challenges

Food Safety Culture From Farm to Fork

Is Your Phone Bugged? The Role of Mobile Technology in Infection Control

Consumer Perceptions of Healthcare Associated Infection and Hand Hygiene - A Global Survey

10 Years of Clean Care is Safer Care - Why You Should Be a Part of the Social Pandemic That is SAVE LIVES: CLEAN YOUR HANDS

Vaccination of Healthcare Providers: A Critical Step Toward Patient Safety

Are Towelettes (Wipes) Effective for Surface Decontamination in Healthcare Settings?

Coming Up Roses - A Sustainable Solution to Continence Products Disposal

A Pragmatic Approach to Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines in an Ambulatory Care Setting

Feces Management: Time to Address the Risks

Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection - What We Find in Guidelines

Infection Prevention and Control in Correctional Settings

Using the Core Components of Infection Control Programmes During the Ebola Outbreak

Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI): Making It Happen

WHO Guideline and Systematic Review on Hand Hygiene and the Use of Chlorine in the Context of Ebola

Hotel Microbiology

Sleep Quality in Hospitalized Patients with Infection: An Observational Study

Imagery and Infection Prevention: An Under Appreciated Medium

All That Glistens is Not Clean

Infection in Home Health Care - Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Challenges

Spotlight on the Future of HAI: A Case Study to Inform Global Action

Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare: Is Monitoring of Cleaning Compliance Really Needed?

Chemotherapy - Health, Safety, and Waste Management Issues

The Role of Companion Animals in Infection Transmission

Debate - High-Tech Decontamination of the Environment

Airborne Transmission and Precaution - Facts and Myths

Norovirus - Understanding Diversity in Relation to Detection, Healthcare Impact, Control and Prevention

Emerging Respiratory Viruses: Are Healthcare Workers Protected?

Global Application of Behaviour Change Models in Infection Control Strategies

CBIC Practice Analysis - What is it and Why is it Critical to the test?

Infection Prevention in US Outpatient Oncology Setting

Healthcare Textiles: Factors That Impact Cleanliness

Enhanced Environmental Cleaning in Controlling Clostridium difficile Infections in the Hospital Setting

Public Reporting and Discosure of HAI Rates: Positive Impact or Confusion

Infection Prevention and Control in Cystic Fibrosis

Infection Control in the 21st Century

The Times They Are A Changing

Healthcare Acquired Infections: At What Cost

Key Measures for Prevention and Control of Ebola Virus Disease

Infection Prevention and Control, The Argentine Experience

Economic Analysis of VRE: Assessing Attributable Cost and Length of Stay

Antimicrobial-Impregnated Surfaces in Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections - Differentiating the Hype From the Hope

New WHO Injection Safety Initiative Focusing on Therapeutic Services

Hand Hygiene Technology - Are Today's Electronic Hand Hygiene Monitoring Systems the Missing Link in Hand Hygiene Compliance?

Using Social Marketing to Improve Healthcare Quality

Controlling the Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings: Is It Really Possible?

Healthcare Associated Infections After Major Flooding ... Expect the Unexpected

Come Hell or High Water: Infection Control During and After the Alberta 2013 Flood

The Infection Preventionist as Leader - Refining Communication Skills, Building Relationships, and Breaking Down Silos

Infection Control in Long Term Care - UTI Management & Training the Non-Regulated Healthcare Worker

How Are We Training ICPs Across Canada?

Too Posh to Wash

Methods to Evaluate Hand Hygiene Products

Ventilation in Healthcare Facilities

Ventilation in Healthcare Facilities

Ventilator-Associated Events: A Patient Safety Opportunity