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This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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CDC: Healthcare Workers Can Wear Bandanas, Scarves if Out of Masks
Read More about CDC: Healthcare Workers Can Wear Bandanas, Scarves if Out of MasksThe level of fear of COVID-19 in healthcare facilities is increasing mask burn rates.
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Fauci's Fatal Formula: COVID-19 Death Rate 10 Times Flu
Read More about Fauci's Fatal Formula: COVID-19 Death Rate 10 Times FluIf prevention fails, the U.S. death toll may be immense.
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CDC Says HCPs With Low-Risk COVID-19 Exposures May Work Under Certain Conditions
Read More about CDC Says HCPs With Low-Risk COVID-19 Exposures May Work Under Certain ConditionsAs outbreak shifts to community spread, an effort is underway to maintain critical healthcare workforce.
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China Reports Coronavirus Spread By Asymptomatic Cases
Read More about China Reports Coronavirus Spread By Asymptomatic CasesEye protection often is a weak link in PPE.
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Healthcare Worker Infections In China Raise Stakes in U.S.
Read More about Healthcare Worker Infections In China Raise Stakes in U.S.A host of variables cloud conclusions on healthcare infections amid community outbreak
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Healthcare Worker Infections in China: Harbinger or Outlier?
Read More about Healthcare Worker Infections in China: Harbinger or Outlier?'Super spreader': One patient infects 10 workers
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CDC Reports First U.S. Transmission of New Coronavirus
Read More about CDC Reports First U.S. Transmission of New CoronavirusWith more some 8,000 cases in China, will new coronavirus go global?
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Burnout: What If The System Is Broken — Not The Worker?
Read More about Burnout: What If The System Is Broken — Not The Worker?Healthcare workers hitting the wall with yoga, mindfulness
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An Unusual and Persistent Needlestick Injury
Read More about An Unusual and Persistent Needlestick InjuryLab worker furloughed for four months
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Researchers Link Hospital Disinfectants To COPD In Nurses
Read More about Researchers Link Hospital Disinfectants To COPD In NursesStudy finds increased risk of respiratory disease with certain chemicals