Category Archives: Hygiene

There’s the rub: FDA pulls fire alarm in OR

The FDA is reiterating the threat of surgical fires in the operating room due to factors like the delivery of supplemental oxygen to patients and use of alcohol based antiseptics.  The FDA is launching a surgical fire prevention initiative to promote…

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The Achilles hand of infection prevention

It seems only appropriate to begin HICprevent – Hospital Infection Control & Prevention’s new blog site – with a message near and dear to our hearts and hands. This Aug. 13th will mark 146 years since Ignaz Semmelweis – the…

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