HICprevent
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New respirators: Protection from airborne infections but health care workers breathe easier
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Joint Commission will not enforce postoperative one-year follow-up for implantable devices
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Whooping cough: ACIP work group may recommend pertussis booster shots for health care workers
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Emerging MERS-CoV has all the markings of a nosocomial pathogen
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Joint Commission identifies best practices to stop the scourge of surgical site infections
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The fire next time: Hard work and a little luck needed to prevent another pandemic
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CDC creates toolkit for patient notification and followup after injection safety lapses, exposure incidents
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#APIC2013: Driven by misplaced fears and misinformation, measles outbreaks continue
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As MERS-CoV case count rises, search for animal reservoir continues
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'Universal decolonization' study reinvigorates debate on active screening for MRSA
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