Taxing Question: Is it an ASC or part of a hospital? A bundle of cash is riding on the designation.

Pearls to prevent cross-contamination. Infection preventionists share their top SSI threats and what you can do to stop them.

Infection Prevention: Improving your antibiotic prescribing. Nurses can prevent antibiotic overuse by becoming stewards.

Squeaky clean surgical instruments. Pearls and pointers from a sterile processing department that disinfects tens of thousands of trays a year.

Practical pearls for surface disinfection. Deploy the proper cleaning agents to eradicate infective agents on your surfaces.

Infection Prevention: 5 bad infection habits to break. These common practices might do more harm than good to your patients.

Dirty duodenoscopes were a preventable risk. Senate report slams scope makers, FDA, hospitals for slow outbreak response.

Lower the risk of joint infections. 5 infection prevention strategies to prevent SSIs in at-risk patients.

Your guide to enzymatic cleaners. A quick introduction to the science behind these bioburden-busters.

No more dirty duodenoscopes. Recent superbug outbreaks have hammered home the importance of proper manual cleaning.

Outpatient Surgery Magazine's top cleaning tips. Our readers share their best ways to remove stains and smudges.

Anesthesia Alert: An infection risk at the head of the table? There might be if your anesthetists practice poor hand hygiene.

Troubled times for endoscope reprocessing. Your cleaning and disinfection practices have never been under greater scrutiny.

10 products to boost your fight against SSIs. Consider these new innovations and old standbys to enhance your infection control strategy.

Are you making these surface-cleaning mistakes? Here are 13 areas your turnover team may be glossing over

A new way to clean GI scopes. Some are calling for a shift in endoscope reprocessing from high-level disinfection to steam sterilization.

Winning the war against cross-contamination. Are you overlooking these crucial infection-prevention tools?

Infection Prevention: 12 Post-op warning signs for patients. These are the symptoms that warrant a phone call to the surgeon.

Enhance your surface disinfection efforts. Wipes and whole room disinfection ensure ORs are as clean as possible.

Infection Prevention: battling biofilm. Are your reprocessing practices up to the task?