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Infection Control Today (infectioncontroltoday.com) is a news and strategy publication for infection prevention and control professionals. Its stated audience is infection control, facility, and C-suite leaders, and its coverage centers on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), patient care, safety, and quality outcomes. If you work in infection prevention (IP), sterile processing, environmental services (EVS), or a leadership role that touches those areas, the site is built for you.
What the site covers
The publication's own description frames it as a source of "strategies on HAIs, patient care, safety, and quality outcomes." In practice, the homepage organizes content around several recurring themes:
- HAIs and pathogen surveillance — outbreak and trend coverage, such as a "Pathogen Pulse" column on rising dengue cases in Florida and reporting on Ebola outbreak response.
- Sterile processing — columns on coordination as a performance measure, maintenance practices, and workforce issues like burnout.
- Certification and workforce — pieces on recertification policy (for example, CBIC's industry IPU policy) and career pathways in infection prevention.
- Everyday practice problems — practical topics like surgical mask fit and fogging in the operating room, or conflicting disinfectant IFUs between IP and EVS teams.
- Dental and ambulatory settings — coverage of common dental infection control violations.
How the content is organized
The homepage surfaces material through several labeled sections, which tells you what formats to expect:
| Section | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Latest News | Dated news items and weekly roundups |
| Featured Columns | Recurring, named columns and contributor pieces |
| Trending on Infection Control Today | Most-read or most-engaged items |
| Shorts | Brief video or short-form items |
| Podcasts | Audio episodes |
| Videos | Recorded segments and interviews |
A recurring format is the ICT Weekly Rounds, a roundup that bundles several stories into one update — for example, a September 25, 2026 edition covering Ebola, Lyme testing, sterile processing burnout, and more. There are also named columns such as "Bug of the Month," "Pathogen Pulse," and "Contagious Conversations."
Who it's for
The site's own framing points to three overlapping groups:
- Infection preventionists and IP teams — people who need current guidance, outbreak context, and peer discussion of practice dilemmas.
- Facility and environmental services teams — EVS and sterile processing staff, who appear frequently in coverage of disinfection, reprocessing, and coordination between departments.
- C-suite and quality leaders — executives accountable for safety and quality outcomes, who need strategy-level framing rather than only clinical detail.
What to expect if you visit
Content is a mix of reported news, contributed columns, and multimedia. Some items are authored by named contributors with credentials (for example, Brenna Doran, PhD, MA, ACC, CIC, AL-CIP, or Dana Weaver Storm, MHA, BSN, RN), which can help you judge whether a piece is a staff report or a practitioner's perspective. The site also offers a subscribe option, so if you want ongoing updates rather than one-off reading, that's the path to follow.
If your goal is to track a specific topic — say, sterile processing performance or a particular outbreak — the recurring columns and the weekly roundups are the most efficient places to start, since they aggregate related stories rather than requiring you to scan every dated item.