Category: Infection Control

An uptick of confirmed leprosy cases in Florida is resparking the debate of the disease’s possible connection to nine-banded armadillos, USA Today reported Oct. 3. 

Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter’s Health is implementing visitor restrictions at Regional Medical Center amid a steady increase of flu, COVID-19 and other common cold virus activity in the community. 

Legionnaires’ disease-causing bacteria was found in one area of the 303-bed Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital, NBC affiliate WSAZ reported Sept. 29.

A new blood test designed to detect sepsis earlier in at-risk patients demonstrated a survival rate of 95 percent in a study led by Penn State.

New research from NYC Health + Hospitals shows concerning changes in the prevalence and epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections.

COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths have risen for the eighth consecutive week, according to the CDC’s most recent data tracking these metrics through Sept. 2. 

Concern is mounting among healthcare workers over draft CDC infection control guidance that puts surgical masks on par with N95 masks. Nurses and other clinicians are urging the advisory committee to reconsider the proposals to prevent “disastrous” eff…

Patients with hepatitis C should consider being vaccinated again for hepatitis B, a study found.

Within three months, the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has killed six people along the East Coast and one in the Midwest.

As COVID-19 cases rise and respiratory virus season begins, some hospitals have already begun to bring back mask mandates — but others are watching trends and waiting to make that determination.