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?

Study: Surgical plume may present an infection risk.

Best Practices for Reprocessing Lumened Instruments. Don't let these tricky instruments slip by without a thorough cleaning.

Infection Prevention: No mercy for MRSA. Our new protocol has all but stamped out this superbug.

Decontamination begins in the OR. How you care for and clean instruments in the OR plays a big role in their safe and speedy return.

Infections on the decline, but risks persist. Q&A with Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH, a national healthcare quality leader and SSI prevention expert.

Inside the deadly duodenosocope outbreaks. Is enough being done to protect patients from dangerous infections?

Can you pass this surface disinfection quiz? Test your knowledge on the best way to keep your ORs clean and free from infection.

Get straight on skin prepping. Pre-op antisepsis is hardly complex, but questions remain.

The lowdown on low-temp sterilization. Take the time to ensure your delicate items are reprocessed correctly.

Do you wear your scrubs home? Cleaning surgical attire in your washing machine puts patients and family members at risk.

Can you spell SSI with IUSS? Yes, but only if you do it backwards. Here's how to get immediate-use steam sterilization right.