Category: Infection Control

After dozens of hospitals ended their masking policies, organizations are working to promote masking in healthcare again.

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis created a breath test that can identify people with COVID-19 infections in less than a minute. 

An employee at Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care has tested positive for tuberculosis, the academic health system said July 27. 

A new anesthesiologist-led approach to reducing surgical site infections and length of hospital stays in colorectal patients resulted in a 50 percent decrease in infection instances and a 46 percent decrease in stay length, according to new research fr…

VCU researchers found that loss of smell and taste are no longer common symptoms of COVID-19.

Experts from five national medical groups partnered to revise infection prevention strategies in acute care settings, which were published July 11 in the Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 

Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have built an air sensory system capable of detecting any of the known COVID variants that may be inside a room in real-time, according to a July 10 news release. 

As bundles of severe echovirus infections pop up in at least three countries, U.S. infectious diseases experts are seeing a small increase in enterovirus cases, especially among children, NBC News reported July 6. 

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital eliminated central line-associated bloodstream infections among its patients for 300 days during 2021 and 2022. 

Cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, rose 41 percent during the pandemic and account for around 10 percent of hospital-associated infections. Its pandemic-induced rise has led experts to revise infection prevention …