HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Rebellion Brewing Against CDC COVID-19 Testing Changes
"Our county health departments resoundingly said, ‘pound sand.'"
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Medical Groups: CDC Risks Losing Public Trust by Reducing COVID-19 Testing
Downplaying the importance of testing could further fuel the pandemic
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A Tragedy of Errors: CDC Scales Back Testing During a Pandemic
'It is unclear what problem this change solves.'
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The Undefeated: Healthcare Workers Hold the Line Against Pandemic
Those who survive may pay a mental health price, a “moral injury” not unlike soldiers returning from war.
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Blind Spot: Many Hospitalized Patients Not Encouraged to Wash Hands
This is counterintuitive, as it is clearly established that patients can contaminate their own invasive lines and self-inoculate infections.
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Masks Work: Study Shows HCWs Protected Against COVID-19
Universal masking of patients and medical staff lowered occupational SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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CDC Urges Masks for All to Stall Pandemic
There was a time when such an urgent plea by the most respected public agency in the world would translate to broad public action. Now it is an open question.
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APIC, Medical Groups Appeal for Pandemic Emergency Extension
With cases surging, they urge national emergency declaration remain in effect past July 25 deadline.
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Have 1 Million Healthcare Workers Been Infected in Pandemic?
CDC: Ten uncounted cases of coronavirus for every one reportedRead More -
Public Masking Could Save Lives
Making it all the more unfortunate that it has become politicized, there is accumulating evidence that public use of face masks could reduce fatal infections with pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19).