Discussions in Infection Control

An independent site by Lawrence F Muscarella PhD -- a national authority on the causes and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and related errors.

Month: March 2013

Aseptic Technique Biological Indicators Chemical Indicators Infection Prevention Quality Assurance Sterility Assurance Level STERIS System 1 STERIS System 1E

Types and Characteristics of Biological Indicators for Monitoring Sterilization Processes

Mar 22, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

April 30, 2013 — A biological sterilization process indicator, or “BI,” may be defined as a microbiological test system that provides a defined resistance to a specified sterilization process.1 More simply,…

Bronchoscopes Bronchoscopy Case Study Disease Transmission Endoscope Sampling Healthcare-Acquired Infections Infection Prevention Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ("NTM") Pseudo Infections Semicritical Devices

Distinction Between a “True” and “Pseudo” Bacterial Outbreak

Mar 19, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

Initial remarks: This blog by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, uses a question-and-answer format to reveal the difference between a true and pseudo-outbreak caused by one or more bacterium. ♦ A…

Antibiotic Therapy Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Carbapenems Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Contact Precautions Disease Transmission Gloves and Other Personal Protective Equipment Hand Hygiene and Antisepsis Healthcare-Acquired Infections Infection Prevention Instrument Reprocessing Isolation Precautions Klebsiella pneumoniae Standard Precautions Transmission-Based Precautions

Growing National Concerns about Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE

Mar 8, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

March 8, 2013 — A number of recent newspaper reports have highlighted the growing threat for patients in hospitals, long-term acute care facilities, and nursing homes of the increasing resistance…

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Contamination of Flexible Endoscopes and Associated Infections:

Jan 28, 2022 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD