A deep dive into surface disinfection. Our infection control consultant has 10 questions for your cleaning crew.

Infection prevention: Help your reprocessors do the right thing. Give your techs the training and the tools they need to bust those bugs.

Sterile processing safety check. The unsung heroes of your facility deserve to work without worry.

Perfect your patient warming protocols. It takes a total team effort to maintain normothermia in patients from pre-op to the PACU.

Are those stethoscopes clean? You may be ignoring this common source of pathogens.

5 strategies for whole-room disinfection. When time and resources are limited, efficiency is the key.

Infection prevention: A gross cure for recurrent <em>C. diff</em>. When antibiotics fail, fecal transplants are remarkably effective.

The new rules of terminal cleaning. Has your approach to end-of-day OR disinfection evolved with the times?

Take our barrier protection quiz. Is your staff fully protected from harmful fluids and chemicals?

Flash forward. The unexpected benefits of abstaining from immediate-use steam sterilization.

Guaranteed delivery of sterilized sets. Our crosscheck program verifies that wrapped and rigid instrument trays arrive in the OR ready for use.

Don't be a stranger to the scope room. Because there's a lot you don't know about endoscope reprocessing.

Infection prevention: Our "Scrub the Hub" campaign. Brushing up on IV hub and port disinfection.

The power to prevent SSIs. New tools give you the upper hand in the fight against infections.

All 16 reprocessed ureteroscopes researchers studied were still contaminated. Researchers stress the importance of consistently monitoring reprocessing outcomes.

Mold discovery puts surgeries on hold at Sonoma West Medical Center. "We currently have no way to sterilize equipment," the interim CEO said after health officials confirmed the presence of mold in a sterilization sink.

CDC issues first SSI-prevention update in 18 years. New recommendations address pre-op bathing, prepping, patient warming, antimicrobials and more.

Hospital, laundry service fighting allegations related to 7 patient deaths. Hospital investigators and CDC appear to be at odds over the most likely source of the infections.

Make no mistake: Prepping the skin takes time. How to convince your surgeons and staff that a proper skin prep can't be rushed.

6 rules for rigid sterilization container use. Practical steps to ensure the barrier between impurities and your instruments remains strong.