HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Climate Change Driving Emerging Infections
Read More about Climate Change Driving Emerging Infections'It’s setting us up for increasing and worse pandemics.'
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‘It’s Alive’: Scabies Gets Under Your Skin
Read More about ‘It’s Alive’: Scabies Gets Under Your Skin‘We definitely had a high anxiety situation’
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C. auris: Admission Screening Reveals Colonized Patients
Read More about C. auris: Admission Screening Reveals Colonized Patients'This admission screening project prevented multiple introductions.'
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Outbreak: A Bad Bug in a Burn Unit
Read More about Outbreak: A Bad Bug in a Burn UnitDelayed diagnosis of presumed index patient leads to 3 cases, including 1 death
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New MRSA Compendium Revisits Contact Precautions
Read More about New MRSA Compendium Revisits Contact PrecautionsStill an 'essential' practice, don't modify without a risk assessment
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The Face of the ED Boarding Crisis Is a Child’s
Read More about The Face of the ED Boarding Crisis Is a Child’s'Child protective services failed wholly and utterly.'
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Lax Infection Control Suspected In Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
Read More about Lax Infection Control Suspected In Fungal Meningitis OutbreakCDC urges U.S. travelers to two Mexican clinics to get tested STAT
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CDC: New Mpox Infections Breakthrough Vaccination
Read More about CDC: New Mpox Infections Breakthrough VaccinationNine of 13 cases were among men who had received two JYNNEOS vaccine doses.
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Mission Impossible: CDC Director Resigns
Read More about Mission Impossible: CDC Director ResignsPerhaps no CDC director has led in a more difficult time.
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Sterilant Used on Majority of Surgical Instruments Is a Carcinogen
Read More about Sterilant Used on Majority of Surgical Instruments Is a CarcinogenCDC: "Occupational exposure in healthcare facilities has been linked to an increased risk of spontaneous abortions and various cancers.”