Five Ways Nursing Staff use Infection Control to Make Health Care Safer

May was National Nurses Month, an important observance to acknowledge nurses’ significant impact on health care. Every day, nurses across the country make an invaluable difference in the lives of their patients and the communities they serve. Project Firstline recognizes their ongoing sacrifices and contributions and strives to support nurses by providing the critical infection control education and training they need to safely perform their jobs. For National Nurses Month, CDC’s Project Firstline spoke with two of our infection preventionist subject matter experts, Shay Drummond and Janet Glowicz, on how nurses use infection control during their daily work to stop