Category: Infection Control

How CDC, AMA plan to manage re-emerging pathogens

Like many things in life, diseases and pathogens are not linear. What was once under control may resurface or spike due to evolving global conditions — which is something experts from the CDC and American Medical Association are continuously preparing …

Half of healthcare workers with COVID-19 may still show up to care for patients: study

About 50 percent of healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID-19 in a new study showed up for work, indicating concern over high workload burden for coworkers and personal responsibility.

Nevada VA system does away with presurgery COVID tests

Las Vegas-based Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System has stopped testing asymptomatic patients for COVID-19 before surgical procedures, it announced April 10.

3 steps to subdue C. auris, per Mass General experts

From 2019 to 2021, 17 states reported their first case of Candida auris, a yeast fungal infection becoming more resistant to treatment. Three Massachusetts General Hospital experts told Becker’s the three ways to contain the spread.

Proposed EPA rules target sterilization facilities

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed two new standards to reduce ethylene oxide emissions and protect workers exposed to the gas during sterilization processes. 

3 key barriers facing infection prevention and control efforts

From drug resistance to the growing threat of Candida auris, today’s infection preventionists face a growing to-do list with limited resources. 

By itself, masking in hospitals doesn't stop COVID-19 spread: Study

In a large hospital in London, removing mask rules for visitors and staff did not result in a “statistically significant change” in the rate of COVID-19 infections, a study published April 6 found, adding more questions to the swirling debate of mask e…

How 'shape-shifting' antibiotics could combat drug resistance

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.

1st person infected with rose fungal disease recovers

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.

Girl's rare infection tied to iguana bite: Stanford researchers 

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