HICprevent
This award-winning blog supplements the articles in Hospital Infection Control & Prevention.
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Toxic Co-Workers — A Threat to Patient Safety?
Read MoreAsk yourself: If this behavior continues, could it be a patient safety issue?”
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CDC Paring Down Patient Isolation Guidelines
Read MoreA major focus of the revision will be on delineating the blurred line between droplet and airborne precautions, which has been the subject of some confusion and controversy during the pandemic.
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OSHA Finalizing COVID-19 Rule in Healthcare Settings
Read MoreThe OSHA deadline for submitting comments is April 22, 2022. OSHA will hold a virtual hearing on finalizing the rule on April 27, 2022.
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OSHA Focused COVID Inspections to Run Through June 9th
Read MoreFacilities previously warned or cited may be have a surprise return visit.
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APIC Calls on Feds to Reinforce Infection Prevention
Read MoreAPIC describes IPs as key players in pandemics, as well as the longstanding wall between vulnerable patients and healthcare infections.
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‘Neo-Nazis’ Threaten Docs Researching Systemic Racism
Read MoreThe pandemic has exposed major inequities and systemic racism in the level of healthcare provided for people of color.
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A Hidden Seasonal Epidemic of RSV in Older Adults
Read MoreAlthough respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a known threat in pediatrics, it has not been widely reported that RSV kills some 14,000 adults age 65 and over annually.
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Pandemic Presenteeism: CA Says HCWs with COVID Can Skip Isolation and Go to Work
Read MoreAlthough the health department set a sundown date and it issued a policy — not a regulation — opponents were wary of the move setting a precedent and increasing the level of presenteeism among workers.
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To Have and Have Not: Could Boosters Prolong Global Pandemic?
Read MoreThree in four health workers in Africa remain completely unvaccinated. Beyond the ethical issues, lack of global vaccination sets the stage for future mutations.
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CDC: Omicron Breakthrough Infections in Fully Vaccinated, Boosted
Read MoreScientists say it's too early, but increasing reports of very high transmission of mild cases have given rise to speculative hopes that SARS-CoV-2 virus has evolved to a less severe form in Omicron, which could supplant the reigning Delta variant globally.