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This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Rebellion Brewing Against CDC COVID-19 Testing Changes
Read More about Rebellion Brewing Against CDC COVID-19 Testing Changes"Our county health departments resoundingly said, ‘pound sand.'"
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Medical Groups: CDC Risks Losing Public Trust by Reducing COVID-19 Testing
Read More about Medical Groups: CDC Risks Losing Public Trust by Reducing COVID-19 TestingDownplaying the importance of testing could further fuel the pandemic
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A Tragedy of Errors: CDC Scales Back Testing During a Pandemic
Read More about A Tragedy of Errors: CDC Scales Back Testing During a Pandemic'It is unclear what problem this change solves.'
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The Undefeated: Healthcare Workers Hold the Line Against Pandemic
Read More about The Undefeated: Healthcare Workers Hold the Line Against PandemicThose who survive may pay a mental health price, a “moral injury” not unlike soldiers returning from war.
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Blind Spot: Many Hospitalized Patients Not Encouraged to Wash Hands
Read More about Blind Spot: Many Hospitalized Patients Not Encouraged to Wash HandsThis is counterintuitive, as it is clearly established that patients can contaminate their own invasive lines and self-inoculate infections.
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Masks Work: Study Shows HCWs Protected Against COVID-19
Read More about Masks Work: Study Shows HCWs Protected Against COVID-19Universal masking of patients and medical staff lowered occupational SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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CDC Urges Masks for All to Stall Pandemic
Read More about CDC Urges Masks for All to Stall PandemicThere was a time when such an urgent plea by the most respected public agency in the world would translate to broad public action. Now it is an open question.
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APIC, Medical Groups Appeal for Pandemic Emergency Extension
Read More about APIC, Medical Groups Appeal for Pandemic Emergency ExtensionWith cases surging, they urge national emergency declaration remain in effect past July 25 deadline.
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Have 1 Million Healthcare Workers Been Infected in Pandemic?
CDC: Ten uncounted cases of coronavirus for every one reportedRead More about Have 1 Million Healthcare Workers Been Infected in Pandemic? -
Public Masking Could Save Lives
Read More about Public Masking Could Save LivesMaking it all the more unfortunate that it has become politicized, there is accumulating evidence that public use of face masks could reduce fatal infections with pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19).