Category: Infection Control

Observing military tank training prompted John Moses, PhD, a professor and researcher at Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Laboratory, to develop “shape-shifting” antibiotics in an effort to fight rising instances of drug resistance.

The first human to be infected with a deadly plant fungus has made a full recovery after two years of treatment, The Jerusalem Post reported April 2.

Researchers have identified what may be the first documented human infection of a rare bacteria from an iguana bite, CNN reported April 2. 

As Paxlovid is “blunting SARS[-CoV-]2 disease pathogenesis,” there are multiple transmissible coronavirus variants circulating resistant to the antiviral’s main ingredient, according to a study published March 29 in Science Advances.

Meredith Hulsey, DO, has been named chief medical officer at Odessa, Texas-based Medical Center Hospital, according to Odessa American. Dr. Hulsey, a pathologist, was trained at MCH; she returned Jan. 3 to begin her new role, after five years away.&nbs…

Hospital leaders are ready for COVID-19 to go away and never come back. Becker’s editorial statistics confirm interest in COVID-19 content has fallen in recent months. 

Health systems spend millions obtaining the latest technology to create state-of-the-art facilities and to build reputations for quality and innovation. But failing to maintain consistency in relatively low-tech, low-cost infection prevention strategie…

The CDC has reported two more deaths linked to a bacterial infection from eye drops.

There is an emerging threat of Candida auris, a fungus that is becoming more resistant to treatment, the CDC said March 20. 

While the majority of clinicians view hand hygiene as critical to patient safety, environment and other factors can stand in the way of high reliability, according to a new survey-based study led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital.