Tori Whitacre Martonicz

2 days ago | infectioncontroltoday.com | Tori Whitacre Martonicz

Far-UVC technology is emerging as a transformative tool in infection prevention and control, offering continuous disinfection without harming people in occupied indoor spaces. “It is different to traditional UVC or the conventional form of UVC, germicidal.

3 days ago | infectioncontroltoday.com | Tori Whitacre Martonicz

The Trump administration has disbanded a federal advisory committee that guided efforts to prevent the spread of infections in health care facilities. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) established national standards for hand hygiene, mask-wearing, and isolating patients with infectious diseases that most US hospitals adhere to.

1 week ago | infectioncontroltoday.com | Tori Whitacre Martonicz

At the 2025 SHEA Spring Conference in ChampionsGate, Florida, held from April 27 to 30, 2025, Lucy Witt, MD, assistant professor at Emory University and director of antimicrobial stewardship at Emory Johns Creek Hospital, will present findings from a study examining the relationship between infectious disease (ID) consults and broad-spectrum antibiotic prescribing by hospitalists.

2 weeks ago | infectioncontroltoday.com | Tori Whitacre Martonicz

At the 2025 Healthcare Sterile Processing Association Annual Conference, Garrett Hollembeak, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CIC, a system infection preventionist in medical device reprocessing with Bon Secours Mercy Health, addressed a crucial but often overlooked challenge: ensuring alignment between infection prevention and sterile processing professionals on manufacturers’ instructions for use (IFUs).

2 weeks ago | infectioncontroltoday.com | Tori Whitacre Martonicz

At the HSPA Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, a pre-conference workshop was presented by Hannah Schroeder, BSHA, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, clinical education specialist at Pure Processing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and focused on elevating sterile processing departments (SPDs) through a deeper understanding of quality management systems (QMS). The session introduced attendees to AAMI ST90—a lesser-known but powerful standard that complements ST79 and ST91.