HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Ebola’s Ghost: Lingering Symptoms Plague Survivors
Virus may persist in ‘immune privileged’ sitesRead More -
Parents of 350 Newborns Alerted to Possible TB Transmission
Infected hospital worker cared for newborns.Read More -
A Looming Shortage of Infectious Disease Docs
Unfortunately, there's no shortage of pandemic pathogens.
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OSHA Issues New Violence Prevention Strategies for Healthcare
Merge violence prevention into overall employee health, patient safety effortsRead More -
When the Doctor is Sick – and at Your Bedside
Less experienced docs feel pressure to work and are more likely to show up sick.
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Dodging the Ebola Bullet
In an age of pandemics, those that gave Ebola short-shrift are less prepared for what comes next.
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In Many Pediatric Practices, Vaccination is an Offer You Can’t Refuse
In states with no easy exemptions 34% of pediatricians show antivaxers the doorRead More -
Hospitalists Raise a Defiant Fist Against Superbugs
They are not stepping tentatively into the battle, but marching under a slogan that invokes ‘60s radicals and revolution.
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Check your Surgical Heater-Cooler Devices due to spike in Post-Op Infections
Many infections missed due to lack of surveillance, slow bacterial growth that may not strike patient until months, years after surgeryRead More -
As Millions dodge Measles Vaccine, Nation's Herd Immunity nears Tipping Point
"We could start seeing larger outbreaks or outbreaks that sustain over longer periods of time.”