HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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MERS 'Super-Spreaders' Pose Threat to HCWs, Patients
Read MoreU.S. EDs, hospitals are vulnerable to a similar scenario.
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Joint Commission joins Drug Stewardship Gold Rush with New Standard
Read MoreFollowing suit as a deemed authority of CMS.
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CDC Alert: Invasive Fungal Infections with High Mortality
Read MoreGoing global: Deadly bug emerging on four continents.
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Protecting Patients, Harming Workers?
Read MoreThe dilemma: Killing resilient bugs like C. diff without harming HCWs with powerful chemicals.
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Zika Linked to Six Devastating Pregnancy Outcomes in US
Three babies lost, three survive with defectsRead More -
Update: CMS will issue Proposed Rule on Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship June 16
Infection preventionists and other clinicians will have 60 days to comment on proposed changes.Read More -
APIC 2016: Two Cases of Mystery Outbreak Acquired in Healthcare Settings
Read MoreCommon source of exposure for 66 cases remains unknown.
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Lab Worker Becomes First Case of Zika Transmission by Needlestick
Healthcare workers must be vigilant with infection control, needle safety.Read More -
Update: WHO Relents, calls for Expert Zika Panel to Decide Fate of Olympics
Read MoreIt makes sense. WHO stonewalling was starting to sound like Nixon during Watergate.
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Post Antibiotic Era? New E. coli Plasmid Defeats Last-Line Drug
Read MoreA sobering development that the CDC has been concerned about for some time.