American Dental Association guidelines offer details on barriers, sterilization, handwashing, and instrument handling. Includes references.

Briefly summarizes the risks of cross infection involved with cystic fibrosis. Condensed from the talk by Margaret DeLano, M.D.

Check out a Q&A guide for patients and their dentists. Covers research and clinical issues, as well as info on infection control.

Discusses hospital-acquired infections of methicillin-resistant S. aureus, or MRSA, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, or VRE.

Article describes the history of antibiotics, the different classes of antibiotics and how each works, and the development of new antibiotics.

Check out the Hospital Infections Program's collection of high quality nosocomial infection surveillance data. Search the June 1998 report.

Describes serialization methods, disinfectants and antiseptics, and recommended temperatures for autoclaves.