HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Vegas clinic physician gets life sentence for HCV outbreak that killed two patients
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Live and let live? Why trying to ‘kill the bug’ is only spurring more antibiotic resistance
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Superbug basics: Remain calm and remind your doctor to wash his hands
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In an era of untreatable infections, employee health programs boosting hand washing compliance
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The antibiotic resistance conundrum: Bugs already resistant to drugs that have not been invented
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Early involvement of an ID doc can be a life saver
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Hospital flu vaccination rates hit record levels, but more than 40% of nursing home workers skip shots
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With a thin bench and frozen funding, CDC fights outbreak of drug-resistant salmonella
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Untreatable: A wide range of pathogens are becoming impervious to antibiotics
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Universal decolonization study slashes BSI rates, but will mupirocin resistance be the Achilles heel?
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