Articles Tagged With: precautions
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CDC Halts HICPAC to Review Masks, N95s, Long COVID
Citing pushback from stakeholder groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rejected new recommendations for air transmission precautions by its infection control advisory panel, asking it to consider with expert consultation this question: “Should N95 respirators be recommended for all pathogens that spread by the air?”
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MRSA: Isolation and Contact Precautions Still Needed?
The authors of a new study question the merits of isolation and contact precautions for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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CDC Draft Revamps Airborne Precautions, Calls for N95s
New draft patient isolation guidelines recently approved by advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call for scrapping the “outdated dichotomy” of droplet/airborne precautions in favor of a “continuum” approach to stop transmission through the air.
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New MRSA Compendium Revisits Contact Precautions
The bane of infection preventionists for more than half a century, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) shows few signs of ebbing. MRSA bloodstream infections surged during the first year of the pandemic, raising the question of whether this was because of disruptions and lapses in contact precautions.
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CDC: Be Wary of Travelers from African Outbreaks
Marburg virus has caused outbreaks in two African nations, and infection preventionists should be aware of travel history for incoming patients with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned.
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Project Firstline: Teaching the ‘Why’ of Infection Prevention
In paring down its isolation guidelines, the CDC is moving in step with its Project Firstline initiative — an ambitious effort to teach all healthcare workers the basics of infection prevention.
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SHEA Outlines Research Agenda for COVID-19, Future Viral Pandemics
Looking to future viral pandemics as well as the current one of COVID-19, the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America has set an ambitious research agenda to improve preparation and response to these cataclysmic events.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Does Not End Infection Prevention Programs
A vaccine is on the way, but it will be months before shots are available to everyone who needs one. Thus, the winter will not be the time to ease infection control precautions, especially with a resurgence of cases after the year-end holidays.
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Study of SARS-CoV-2 Finds Airborne Particles, but Are They Infective?
A pre-published study under peer review suggests particles of SARS-CoV-2 can linger on surfaces and travel in the air beyond six feet.
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What Is the Role of Airborne Transmission in COVID-19 Pandemic?
In the absence of aerosol-generating procedures, the public health consensus has been that large droplet particles emitted by a patient do not travel beyond six feet. However, studies have shown that smaller particles can travel farther distances, although there is some question whether they are infectious.