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?
Ask yourself: If this behavior continues, could it be a patient safety issue?”
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CDC Paring Down Patient Isolation Guidelines
A 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
The 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
Facilities previously warned or cited may be have a surprise return visit.
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APIC Calls on Feds to Reinforce Infection Prevention
APIC 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
The 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
Although 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
Although 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?
Three 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
Scientists 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.