HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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FDA: Inform patients about CRE infection risk during intricate “ERCP” endoscopy
ERCP (Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) — an upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million U.S. patients annually – poses a risk of transmission of practically untreatable carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), outbreak investigators are finding.Read More -
APIC, SHEA Issue Call to Action on CRE Endoscopy Outbreaks
Read MoreThe procedure is performed on some half million U.S. patients annually, some of whom have been infected with CRE in recent years.
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U.S. Moves on Antibiotic Stewardship, but the Problem is Global
Read MoreIs it getting hotter in here ... or is it just the globe?
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Poor Match Between Flu Shot and H3N2 Strain Reveals a Serious Need for a New Flu Vaccine
The fear of haphazard flu vaccine effectiveness is a new pandemic that will make 2009 H1N1 look like hay fever.Read More -
APIC cites a few caveats, concerns about HHS 2020 infection targets
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Ebola: Facing a disease without treatment or vaccines
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New numbers and the new normal: Progress against HAIs, but C. dif, CRE refuse to retreat
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New data, new problem: Non-ventilator pneumonias surprisingly comprise 22% of all hospital infections
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Sometimes you have to play the 'bad cop'
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Health care workers cite motivators, barriers to pandemic flu immunization
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