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In a neonatal intensive care unit in Arizona, five infants and ten health care providers were found to have pertussis during a two month period.
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Joint Commission Resources (JCR) has released a new, free guide to help hospital executives and physician leaders implement and sustain safe practices. Produced by the JCR Hospital Engagement Network (HEN), the guide is part of the federal Partnership for Patients initiative to improve the quality, safety and affordability of healthcare.
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As this issue went to press a second case of MERS was identified in Florida even as the Indiana case was being discharged in good condition. Here is what was known at press time.
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For the past 10 years, the United States has been wrestling with a resurgence of pertussis as outbreaks strike in different states. In 2013, cases subsided in most of Minnesota, but spiked in Texas and North Carolina, for example. California reported 2,372 cases, 132 hospitalizations and one death of a two-month-old.
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In a sample of New York City immigrants with dilated cardiomyopathy the point prevalence of infection with Trypanosoma cruzi was found to be 13%.
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With infections related to contaminated endoscopes a recurrent problem in health care, the Joint Commission and several other groups and associations are reiterating the importance of reprocessing procedures.
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A Cochrane review questions the value of osletamivir and zanamivir in the treatment of influenza virus infections – but the CDC and IDSA disagree.
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Revised compendium guidelines to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) include some new socio-adaptive and technical strategies for infection preventionists to consider.
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The first U.S. case of MERS-CoV infection diagnosed in the U.S. has been identified in an individual traveling from Saudi Arabia.
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The recently published compendium guidelines on preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections include approaches that should not be considered a routine part of CAUTI prevention.