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On the heels of a similar American finding, Canadian researchers have documented the presence of potentially disease-causing strains of Clostridium difficile in retail ground meat samples from grocery stores.
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In highlighting the growing problem of drug-resistant bacteria in hemodialysis settings the Centers for Disease Control referenced its existing infection control guidelines for dialysis.
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The medical response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in the 2003 outbreak in Toronto was undermined by a "turf war" between infection control and industrial hygienists, with health care workers ultimately suffering as a result, according to the final report by the Ontario Commission to Investigate the Introduction and Spread of SARS.
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As previously reported in Hospital Infection Control, investigators have concluded that the most common strain of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) developed intermediate resistance to vancomycin in a case that may be harbinger of others to come.
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology is trying to dispel three "widely held myths" about health care associated infections (HAIs):
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The escalating consumption of tobacco products is creating an unprecedented worldwide pandemic that in the 21st century will result in 1 billion deaths worldwide.
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Two recent large studies have looked at the effects of various inhaler combinations on outcomes in patients with COPD.
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This study was carried out in a 13-bed closed medical ICU, in a county teaching hospital in which 9 board-certified intensivists rotate at 14-day intervals in covering the ICU. Only patients cared for by a single intensivist were included in this analysis.
