Hospital Infection Control & Prevention
RSSArticles
-
Fear of a Polio Outbreak Brewing in New York
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating a case of paralytic polio in an unvaccinated, immune-competent young patient who presented to an emergency room in Rockland County, NY, with lower limb weakness and fever.
-
Mortality Projections Spur CDC Booster Approval
Clinicians and public health epidemiologists are loath to make bold moves with a dearth of data, but one dire projection recently swayed clearly uncomfortable members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
-
CDC Struggles to Regain Public Health Footing
Once widely considered the greatest public health institution in the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has admitted it mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic response and has begun an ambitious rebuild.
-
Lessons Learned, Initiatives to Support
Conceding that the pandemic has undone much of the nation’s progress on preventing the rise of antimicrobial resistance, especially in hospitals, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged support and funding for key initiatives.
-
Drug-Resistant Pathogens Surging in Hospitals
Already classified as a high priority, “urgent” threat in 2019, Candida auris infections increased 60% in 2020 as the chaos of the pandemic derailed infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
-
Is It Possible to Sway Hesitant Patients to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine?
A survey conducted in a small New York county reveals some challenges moving forward.
-
U.S. N95 Respirator Supply Finally Deemed Adequate
Federal regulators remove devices from shortage list.
-
U.S. Becoming Epicenter of Monkeypox Outbreak
The United States has had the most reported monkeypox cases of any country in world, with 10,392 cases as of Aug. 10, 2022. The next closest nation is Spain, with 5,162 cases.
-
Ten Percent of CRE Found in the Community
In a disturbing sign, a formidable superbug has left the hospital and appears to be spreading in the community in the absence of healthcare contact.
-
Establishing a Hand Hygiene Culture of Accountability
A hospital established a “culture of accountability” by identifying and removing barriers to hand hygiene, one of which was the hesitancy to remind coworkers they need to wash their hands.