Skin in the game. What are your pre-op bathing practices?

The details of decontamination. Start sterile processing on the right foot.

Johns Hopkins, CDC team up to provide Ebola training for providers. Three modules will be available on CDC website.

SSIs scrub California hospital's elective surgery schedule. Joint Commission reviewing accreditation after outbreak.

Adding insult to injury, Epidemiologically. Researchers probe connection between surgical-site and healthcare-acquired infections.

AORN highlights Ebola precautions. Recommended practices provide protection in the event virus's patients require surgery.

How clean are your OR surfaces? There's a lot involved and a lot at stake.

Are You Cleaning GI scopes properly? The case for standardizing the process.

Infection Prevention: Are there benefits to pre-op bathing? What we know and how to improve this skin prep practice.

7 steps to safer endoscope reprocessing. Are your techs cleaning your scopes the right way?

Could electronic reminders cut infection rates? Researchers explore the use of text messages to ensure patients' pre-op bathing compliance.

To eliminate SSIs, we went back to square one. The way we'd always done things wasn't good enough.

Anesthesia hand hygiene compliance is least when needed most. Providers wash hands less often during induction and emergence.

Can you pass our immediate-use steam sterilization quiz? Do's and don'ts for when you need that item right away.

Can you pass this prepping quiz? Want to start a great debate? Ask your surgeons and nurses to defend their skin prepping preferences and beliefs.

Infection Prevention: A superbug meets its unlikely match. Well-designed mass e-mails helped curb Acinetobacter baumannii.

Infection Prevention: How to safely and securely tape an IV. The traditional crisscross taping pattern could be an infection risk.

Does your high-level disinfection hack it? Research highlights the importance of renewed focus on proper endoscope reprocessing.

The details of decontamination. The safety of your surgical instruments depends on these 5 factors.

The evolution of barrier protection. A review of the many ways that gloves, gowns, masks and drapes prevent infections.