HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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South Korea's Cautionary Tale: Lack of Infection Control Vigilance Allows MERS to Gain Foothold
Read MoreThe genie is out of the bottle
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Mutated MERS Explodes in Korea? Much More Likely Nation’s Health System was Unprepared
Read MoreAs of Monday June 8, South Korea had 87 MERS cases including six deaths.
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Fired Whistle Blower gets Back Pay, Bonus for Reporting Unsafe Needle Practices
Listen to HCW concerns to head off whistle blower callsRead More -
OSHA Targets High-Injury rates in Healthcare
Is agency finally ready to cite for hospitals for patient lift injuries?Read More -
What’s in Your Water? Waterborne Bugs Cause Fatal Infections
"Expect poison from standing water." William BlakeRead More -
And the Band Played On: AIDS in an Age of Miracle Treatments and Chronic Complacency
Some 25% of HIV-positive people do not disclose status before sexRead More -
He is Heavy and He's not my Brother: Nursing Patient-Handling Injuries on Rise
No use of safe patient handling equipment in 82% of nurse injuriesRead More -
Under the Gun: Hospitals must Respond to Violence Against Health Care Workers
Has health care become numb to violence?Read More -
New Drugs and Ancient Enemies: Bacteria have Time on Their Side
In remote caves bacteria alien to human contact are multidrug resistantRead More -
D-Day: The Battle to Save the Antibiotic Era has been Joined
Read MoreA girl of 9 rolls around in poison ivy to get out of school. Unfortunately, it is 1934 -- the pre-antibiotic era. Some 11% of skin infections were fatal.