APIC 2016: Two Cases of Mystery Outbreak Acquired in Healthcare Settings June 12, 2016 No Comments Common source of exposure for 66 cases remains unknown.Read More
Update: CMS will issue Proposed Rule on Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship June 16 June 12, 2016 No Comments Infection preventionists and other clinicians will have 60 days to comment on proposed changes.Read More
Lab Worker Becomes First Case of Zika Transmission by Needlestick June 10, 2016 No Comments Healthcare workers must be vigilant with infection control, needle safety.Read More
Update: WHO Relents, calls for Expert Zika Panel to Decide Fate of Olympics June 2, 2016 No Comments It makes sense. WHO stonewalling was starting to sound like Nixon during Watergate.Read More
Post Antibiotic Era? New E. coli Plasmid Defeats Last-Line Drug May 27, 2016 No Comments A sobering development that the CDC has been concerned about for some time.Read More
Pregnant with Zika: More Unknown Than Known May 23, 2016 No Comments CDC: 279 pregnant women with possible Zika virus in U.S. states and territories.Read More
Heater-Cooler Units Commonly Used in Heart Bypass Surgery Linked to Fatal Infections May 22, 2016 No Comments FDA calls June 2-3 meeting, CDC posts new guidelines on a hidden, slow-burning epidemic.Read More
Lab-created Zika Virus Clone Could Speed Vaccine, Treatment May 17, 2016 No Comments Zika clone research could explain why virus has exploded into an epidemic in the Americas. Read More
EIS Alert: Don’t put Transplant Patients in Negative Pressure Rooms May 10, 2016 No Comments No formal CDC guideline against it, but air flow can draw dust and mold into room.Read More
FDA Gives Emergency Approval for New Zika Test May 2, 2016 No Comments Can detect Zika RNA within seven days of onset of symptoms.Read More
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