Hospital Infection Control & Prevention – April 1, 2010
April 1, 2010
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Special Report: H1N1 Postmortem
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H1N1 pandemic legacy may be mandatory flu shots for health care workers
The ebbing H1N1 influenza pandemic could leave one lasting legacy for future patients: they will be a lot less likely to die of nosocomial flu transmitted by a health care worker. -
Hospitals shunned live H1N1 vaccine as pandemic unfolded
During the early stages of the H1N1 pandemic, the only vaccine available to hospitals was the live attenuated intranasal (LAIV) version, but many shunned LAIV out of an abundance of concern for high-risk patients. -
Other duties suffered but IPs rose to occasion
Though some other infection prevention duties were shunted aside, IPs and the health care system in general rose to the challenge of the first pandemic in four decades. -
Plan expert: CDC made 'serious mistake' on N95s
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made "a serious mistake" in holding fast to a recommendation that health care workers wear N95s or comparable respirators during the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, a national pandemic planner says. -
Cal-OSHA: Nurse H1N1 death not fully probed
The death of a nurse from a coinfection with H1N1 influenza A and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) should have been more thoroughly investigated for a work-related link, according to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA). -
Abstract & Commentary: SSI success story may be undercut in 'real world'
In this prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial from the Netherlands, 6,771 patients were screened on admission to the hospital for the presence of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization using real-time PCR. -
Wisdom Teachers: The advocate: Q&A with a vaccine champion
Paul Offit, MD, infectious disease chief at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has been front and center in the fight against the growing anti-vaccine movement and he has the hate mail to prove it.