Do your anesthesia providers double-glove? Even if they do, it's not always enough to protect your patients. Find out why.

Last one out cleans the OR. These 6 keys to terminal cleaning will leave your facility spotless after a hard day's work.

Rules of reprocessing: lumened instruments. Get back to the basics to properly sterilize these complex instruments.

Infection prevention: When everyone's a hand hygiene spy. Make surveillance everyone's job, and watch compliance rates soar.

Study: minimizing door openings during surgery lowers surgical site infection rate. One hospital reduced its infection rate by decreasing foot traffic in and out of the ORs.

Beating back bacterial biofilms. Tips to prevent the growth of the slimy coating that lets bacteria survive and thrive.

How we've (nearly) eliminated flashing. The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai went from flashing nearly half of its instruments to hardly any.

The whole truth about whole-room disinfection. Automated antimicrobial devices reach the corners and crevices that sprays and wipes sometimes miss.

Hospitals will likely soon be required to have antibiotic-stewardship programs. Antibiotic-resistant organisms are a growing threat, says CMS.

Thinking of buying ... rigid sterilization containers? An open-and-shut case for bypassing blue wrap

Are your flexible endoscopes really clean? 5 reprocessing recommendations.

Infection Prevention: Can anesthesia providers spread infection? Absolutely yes -- pay attention to what goes on at the head of the table.

Where to focus your infection prevention efforts. Make these key areas of focus a priority.

Potential doomsday mcr-1 gene found in first U.S. patient. The mutant gene resists all known antibiotics and can easily be passed between bacteria.

In Uganda, a vivid illustration of how the basics dramatically reduce SSIs. World Health Organization program helps hospital cut its rate in half.

Standardize your skin prep practices. Get patients, surgeons and staff on board with your pre-op bathing, hair-clipping and skin-antisepsis protocols.

Take the bundled approach to infection control. Standardized protocols optimize efforts to prevent SSIs.

The new standard in endoscope reprocessing. A new national guideline offers clear advice for proper high-level disinfection.

Burning platforms, coordinated care and SSI prevention. Q&A with Zeev Kain, MD, PhD, anesthesiologist and perioperative surgical home proponent.

5 tips for better instrument decontamination. Removing variables and automating the process are the keys to better cleaning.