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Zika Transmitted By Needlestick To Lab Worker

The question of whether Zika virus can be transmitted via needlestick is no longer hypothetical.

HCWs Don Gloves – And Not Taking Them Off

While medical examination gloves are a bedrock protective measure for patients and healthcare workers, some of the latter may be guilty of overkill – i.e., wearing gloves when they are not called for and infrequently changing them.

CDC Issues Alert On Emerging Yeast Infections

Another emerging infection is on the radar.

Common CMS Infection Control Citations

Even as CMS makes a bold push into regulating antibiotic stewardship programs, the agency is inspecting hospitals and finding common, recurrent problems.

CMS: Extends IC Across Continuum

There have been frequent communication breakdowns between hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities as patients with multidrug resistant pathogens or some other infectious condition move to various points of care. Thus better “communication across settings” is needed to avoid situations like failure to isolate an infected patient, potentially triggering an outbreak in the receiving facility.

CMS Regulation Taps IPs for Key Stewardship Role

It's a move to rein in drug-resistant bacteria and stop the rise of Clostridium difficile.

Infectious Disease Alert Updates

C. diff. Risk in Veteran’s Long-term Care; Survival in Acute Liver Failure

Too Much of a Good Thing

In the United States in 2010 and 2011, an estimated 30% of outpatient oral antibiotic prescriptions may have been inappropriate, a finding that supports the need for establishing a goal for outpatient antibiotic stewardship.

Diagnosis and Management of Acute Infectious Diarrhea in 2016

The American College of Gastroenterology has developed a guideline dealing with the management of immunocompetent adults with acute infectious diarrhea, other than that due to Clostridium difficile infection.

Diagnosis and Management of Invasive Aspergillosis in 2016

This updated guideline takes into account newer diagnostic methods and therapeutic agents and their use in the treatment of aspergillosis.