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…
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.
Five medical societies collaborated to publish updated hand hygiene recommendations for preventing healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene at acute care facilities, Wolters Kluwer reported March 13.
The CDC recently updated its recommendations for hepatitis B infection testing, saying all adults should be tested at least once in their lifetime and a wider range should be periodically retested.