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Mutsch and colleagues prospectively evaluated the incidence of influenza virus infection among 1450 visitors to tropical and subtropical countries who attended the University of Zurich Travel Clinic.
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In the united states, children receive 5 doses of combined tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine between the ages of 2 months and 6 years. While otherwise quite effective, the resultant immunity is transient, so that by the time adolescence is reached, many vaccinees are once again at risk of acquiring infections with Bordetella pertussis.
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This was a prospective study involving 308 consecutive patients who had surgery, and whose body temperature was measured twice-daily for up to 14 days after surgery. A temperature of > 38°C was considered a positive test result and postoperative infection was diagnosed microbiologically or on clinical grounds as defined by the CDC.
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On Marh 5, 2005, the Arizona Republic newspaper reported spread of invasive Group A streptococcal infection to a health care worker at the Flagstaff Medical Center, resulting in severe infection requiring hospitalization.
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We are proud to announce that Hospital Infection Control & Prevention recently won First Place for Best Healthcare Newsletter at the annual awards of the Specialized Information Publishers Association (SIPA) in Washington, DC.
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As the front door of the hospital to both patients and pathogens, the emergency department (ED) is a critical setting for infection prevention that has a unique and often poorly understood work culture.
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The ancient ritual of the handshake evolved in human dynamics in part as a way to instill trust by extending the weaponless hand. Ironically, this act of goodwill could put a frail patients life at risk if pathogens on the hands are exchanged as well as greetings.
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About one in six U.S. dialysis patients die annually from an infection and 12% of dialysis patients are hospitalized due to septicemia, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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The wider availability of PCR tests to rapidly detect MERS coronavirus is enabling hospitals in Saudi Arabia to better identify cases and prevent transmission to patients and health care workers, infection preventionists from the Kingdom tell Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Though the health care continuum is currently under siege by a host of emerging gram negatives like CRE, at one time a much-feared single pathogen was thought to herald the arrival of the post-antibiotic era: Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA).
