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A labor and delivery nurse at Northside Hospital in Atlanta went to work with active tuberculosis for about three months, exposing 37 newborns, about 160 other patients, and colleagues. Based on news reports, she was the third nurse in two years to continue to work while having active TB. One nurse in Virginia died of undiagnosed TB.
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the following basic infection control measures to prevent transmission of infectious diseases in temporary community evacuation centers:
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An infection control professional, attorney, and Louisiana native, Julie Savoy, BSN, RN, JD, brings a unique perspective to the horror that was Hurricane Katrina. But first and foremost, in the chaotic first days of the disaster aftermath in New Orleans, she was just another worried relative trying to reach loved ones and offer shelter from the storm.
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Is It Hot In Here?; Homeopathy vs Conventional Medicine; FDA Actions
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Surveillance indicates that community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) strains are beginning to appear with increasing frequency in certain parts of Europe.
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Health care-associated transmission of influenza has been documented in many different patient populations and clinical settings.
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Soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have acquired a drug-resistant bacteria that is fueling nosocomial outbreaks in military hospitals, an epidemiologist recently reported in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.