HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Using antibiotic stewardship to reduce C. diff infections
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Norovirus outbreaks on the rise with new Sydney strain emerging
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Use infection control basics -- including soap and water -- to stop norovirus transmission
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Lessons from the history of quarantine, from plague to pandemic
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Read More about Highly touted public health/clinical collaboratives that solved meningitis outbreak still vulnerable to funding cutsHighly touted public health/clinical collaboratives that solved meningitis outbreak still vulnerable to funding cuts
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New APIC president: Public awareness of infection prevention must increase to secure future resources
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Study: Community MRSA strains beset nursing homes after first setting up in hospitals
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The formidable challenge of C. diff: Top experts convening in Baltimore to look for new approaches to thwart a nasty bug
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CDC: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections proving difficult to prevent, other major HAIs falling
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