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Influenza Vaccination: Updated Information for 2015-16
The CDC has published updates of last year’s recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the use of seasonal influenza vaccines. The following is a selection of some of the most pertinent ones.
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Scrub Typhus and the Brain
Scrub typhus infections involve the nervous system in a majority of cases and should be suspected in patients who live in, or are returning from, endemic regions with a compatible clinical syndrome.
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“Only Skin Deep” — Preventing and Managing Dermatologic Problems in Travelers
Skin infections and infestations account for significant concern among returned travelers. Appropriate diagnosis and treatment makes long-term morbidity unlikely.
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Risk of Herpes Zoster Increases After Zoster Vaccination in Patients Taking Immunosuppressive Medications
In adults >18 years, taking immunosuppressive medications at the time of zoster vaccination increased the risk for herpes zoster for up to 6 weeks afterward (adjusted odds ratio, 2.99; 95% CI, 1.58-5.70).
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Legionella in the Bronx
On July 30, 2015, The New York Times reported that the New York City Department of Public Health was investigating an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in the South Bronx.
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Borrelia Miyamotoi Disease in the Northeast
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: It often goes undetected by physicians. Here are the reasons.
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Do you know proper PPE removal procedures?
Observations of workers for the study took place October 13-31, 2014. With Ebola still very much in the news at that time, the findings are somewhat surprising, but likely would be similar at many other hospitals.
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Consumer group: Why leave chlorhexidine out?
The FDA is being taken to task for a failure to include chlorhexidine in its recently announced plan to review the safety of active ingredients in antiseptics used in healthcare.
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FDA concerned with alcohol exposures to pregnant, breast feeding healthcare workers
As hand hygiene is performed constantly throughout a hospital workday a small level of alcohol may begin to accumulate and flow through the bloodstream. No problem for most workers, but what about those expecting? -
CMS calls for infection control improvements, antibiotic stewardship in nursing homes
A proposed rule by the CMS calls for a sweeping upgrade of infection control in nursing homes, solidifying the role with a new title and making it a higher priority through annual risk assessments and much-needed antibiotic stewardship requirements.