1.  Recently published topics in The Q-Net™ Monthly include:

1. New!  How to stop the spread of Serratia in a NICU:   Part 1   Part 2
2. Cidex OPA  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
3. Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome

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4. Muscarella LF.  Recommendations to resolve inconsistent guidelines for the reprocessing of sheathed and unsheathed rigid laryngoscopes.                            Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2007 Apr;28(4):504-6.

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5. Infection control:  Behind the scenes:  An article that reveals AAMI's (flawed?) position on monitoring the quality of water used to rinse medical instruments.

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6. A proposal to reduce the risk of nosocomial infection

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7. Endoscopic shuffling, push enteroscopy  Part 1  Part 2 
8. Muscarella LF.  Endoscopic shuffling, infection control, and the clinical practice of push enteroscopy. Gastroenterology Nursing 2007 Mar-Apr;30(2):109-15.   

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9. Risk of infection during bronchoscopy Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5   
10. Risk of infection during laryngoscopy  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4 
11. Risk of infection during GI endoscopy Part 1  Part 2 
12. More on the risk of infection during GI endoscopy 

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13. Details of a bronchoscope recall  Part 1  Part 2.

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14. Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa:  It's in the water.

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15. A review of HICPAC's Draft Guideline for Sterilization, Disinfection.
16. Are all sterilization processes alike? 

2.  A "Wall Street Journal" article on endoscope reprocessing: <Click Here>   

3.  The controversy over endoscope drying:

1. To dry or not to dry (the endoscope)
2. Part 1: Lessons from the bronchoscope case (Allegheny General)
3. Part 2: Rebuttal to this bronchoscope controversy about drying
4. Part 3: To dry or not to dry the endoscope?
5. Dear AORN, Part 1

4.  Critiques of published guidelines, advisories, et al.

1. A critique of a FDA-CDC public health advisory (1999)
2. Dear AORN, Part 1
3. Dear AORN, Part 2
4. A critique of HICPAC's Draft Guideline for Disinfection, Sterilization
5. A critique of AAMI's guidance document on the Selection and Use of Liquid Sterilants
6. A critque of ASTM's standards on Cleaning, Disinfection, Sterilization