South west region infection prevention and control network

DUKE INFECTION CONTROL OUTREACH NETWORK (DICON) Infection Prevention News

MRSA, VRE and Clostridium difficile can survive on environmental surfaces for weeks or months. Surfaces contaminated with these organisms can result in nosocomial infections by two mechanisms: 1) the hands or gloves of healthcare workers (HCWs) can become contaminated via inanimate (environmental) contact and thus lead to the indirect transmission of infection and 2) these organisms can be acqu...

Infection Prevention and Control for Ebola in Health Care Settings - West Africa and United States.

The 2014-2016 Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic in West Africa underscores the need for health care infection prevention and control (IPC) practices to be implemented properly and consistently to interrupt transmission of pathogens in health care settings to patients and health care workers. Training and assessing IPC practices in general health care facilities not designated as Ebola treatm...

Current Prognosis for Childhood Cancer in the South West Region

A report on “the first Concept Map Design Contest on Infection Prevention and Control”

Background Concept maps are considered not only as a powerful method of meaningful learning, but also as an instrument for evaluating the efficiency of learning. Different inquiries suggest that concept maps by promoting critical thinking and clinical reasoning may play a significant role in increasing adherence to infection prevention methods and therefore reduce healthcare-associated infectio...

Innovative and Community-Driven Communication Practices of the South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network

The South Carolina Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (SC-CPCRN) is 1 of 10 networks funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that works to reduce cancer-related health disparities. In partnership with federally qualified health centers and community stakeholders, the SC-CPCRN uses evidence-based approaches (eg, NCI Research-te...