The July dental newsletter is live! This month we discuss Post Exposure Management of sharps and exposure incedents as well as enzymatic cleaners.

You can find it and past issues as well as sign up to be on the email list on our website at: https://icap.nebraskamed.com/facilities/dental/

The ICAP team is proud to share our lessons learned with larger audiences. We are proud to share posters, presentations and publish articles to communicate findings and prompt larger discussions about infection prevention and control in all settings.

Check out our work on our website at: https://icap.nebraskamed.com/about-us/publications/

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On July 23, 2024 the CDC released a HAN Health Advisory regarding Disruptions in Availability of Becton Dickinson (BD) BACTEC™ Blood Culture Bottles Blood Culture Bottles.

You can find more information at the CDC HAN website at: https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00512.asp

APIC and IPAC Canada partnered on the creation of a new resource to help healthcare professionals work through ethical issues that arise in infection prevention and control (IPC) and assist in making complex decisions.

The Ethical Infection Prevention and Control (EIPAC) Decision-Making Framework illustrates how to identify and apply relevant, ethical decision-making principles to the practice of IPC. The new toolkit outlines a step-by-step process for tackling difficult situations and provides a set of scenarios to illustrate how the framework can be applied.

Read more: https://bit.ly/EIPAC_Framework