Infection Control Articles by Topic: Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 8, August 1, 2010
Waterborne pathogens may not be first on your list of IC priorities—perhaps because you...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 21, 2010
When Methodist Dallas Medical Center found a cluster of Acinetobacter baumannii in 2009, staff...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, June 30, 2010
Last week the CDC released a rough draft of updated influenza guidelines, which are available for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 25, June 23, 2010
Many facilities have been using the ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) bundle to reduce the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 16, 2010
The World Health Organization (WHO) is defending its decisions surrounding the H1N1 pandemic after...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 16, 2010
Q: What are the OSHA rules/guidelines when someone other than the employer provides noncompliant...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 22, June 2, 2010
Typically Clostridium difficile (C. diff) has been a multidrug resistant organism associated with...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 21, May 26, 2010
Results from APIC’s “Pace of Progress” poll, which was conducted among APIC...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 19, 2010
After confirming the 11th case of vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) since 2002, the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 5, 2010
The CDC released a Q&A on Monday explaining its intent to update the 2009 infection control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 18, May 5, 2010
As awareness of an influenza pandemic heightens, so has the need to vaccinate healthcare workers...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 28, 2010
If you’re having difficulty training your younger demographic about infection prevention...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 21, 2010
Last week the CDC released a workbook compiled from discussions during September’s Pediatric...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 14, 2010
An April 12 New York Times Op-Ed authored by Richard P. Wenzel, a professor of internal medicine...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 7, 2010
A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control indicates that Twitter updates...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Since H1N1 has dissipated significantly, the virus seems to be out of sight and out of mind with...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, March 31, 2010
Reframing the mandatory flu shot controversy from a worker-rights issue to a patient safety concern...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, March 24, 2010
The study presented at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated...
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OSHA Healthcare Connection, Issue 9, March 2, 2010
Q: Does OSHA require that employees accept a flu shot for H1N1?
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
All the advisories and enforcement documents about protecting workers during the H1N1 pandemic...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
A study published in the February issue of Chest indicates that half of healthcare workers refused...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 24, 2010
The FDA voted unanimously on Monday to fold the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine into the seasonal...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 7, February 17, 2010
New guidance published by the CDC offers a pandemic influenza planning template specifically for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 10, 2010
A recent poll released by the University of Michigan found that 55% of parents are concerned that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
RiverStone Health, a public health agency for Yellowstone County in Billings, MT, is one of a few...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 3, 2010
A new study published in the February issue of Plos One indicates common household disinfectants...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 2, January 13, 2010
Seton Medical Center in Austin, TX fired a nurse for refusing to get an H1N1 vaccine and then...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
In the spring of 2009 Seattle faced a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases, threatening...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 1, January 6, 2010
Health experts worldwide have urged doctors to rely less on antibiotics in order to reduce the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 52, December 30, 2009
H1N1 cases have declined significantly over the last few weeks, but the CDC is concerned that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 50, December 16, 2009
A report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended that the Homeland...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 49, December 9, 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) says oseltamivir (Tamiflu)-resistant pandemic H1N1 cases may...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
A previously published NIOSH blog post is one of the most informational and authoritative resources...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
Cases of flu-like illnesses have declined in the past four weeks, according to federal health...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 48, December 2, 2009
If you have jumped on to the iPhone or iPod bandwagon, you know by now that there is an...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
It’s a document we were all expecting at one point or another, but OSHA has officially...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
Although required flu shots for healthcare workers in New York ultimately fell through because of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 47, November 25, 2009
If you missed last week’s APIC conference, “Healthcare-associated infections: A...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement to healthcare managers regarding TB...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 46, November 18, 2009
The same online search engine that brought you Google Flu Trends has developed a searchable online...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
Three leading IC organizations, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, the Infectious...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 45, November 11, 2009
OSHA has released H1N1 guidance for workers and employers, including fact sheets regarding...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 44, November 4, 2009
A surprising endnote at the annual meeting of the Infection Diseases Society of America (IDSA) came...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 44, November 4, 2009
This week two influential healthcare institutions, the California Nurses Association/National...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 43, October 28, 2009
Last week the American Medical Association launched a new online tool for patients and healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 41, October 14, 2009
Two separate lawsuits have been filed in relation to H1N1 vaccinations. One, filed on behalf of a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 40, October 7, 2009
Some hospitals and outpatient facilities are still struggling to establish proper infection control...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 40, October 7, 2009
A study released by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) shows that if 35% of Americans got sick...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 39, September 30, 2009
Not all H1N1 training needs to be dry or monotonous. In fact, ten individuals have found ways to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 39, September 30, 2009
Triage tents have become a popular method for many hospitals to isolate and treat patients...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 39, September 30, 2009
A pandemic planning conference in Minneapolis hosted by the University of Minnesota Center for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 23, 2009
While New York has initiated an emergency regulation that requires most healthcare workers in the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 38, September 23, 2009
Early test results of the H1N1 vaccine in children point toward just one vaccination rather than...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 37, September 16, 2009
Despite what infectious disease experts expected, you won’t need two separate flu shots for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 37, September 16, 2009
Many of you have been following our posts on OSHA Healthcare Advisor regarding required flu shots...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 36, September 9, 2009
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued a report recommending the use of N95 respirators for...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 36, September 9, 2009
Pandemic experts have urged healthcare facilities in particular to establish appropriate paid sick...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 35, September 2, 2009
State officials announced last week that all Maryland hospitals will be linked in a computerized...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 34, August 26, 2009
A presidential panel estimates H1N1 (swine flu) could infect half of the U.S. population this...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 34, August 26, 2009
A study published in the June issue of the Journal of Infection and Immunity found that certain...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 34, August 26, 2009
Shot, hand, and home are the keywords of the federal guidelines for employer preparation for the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 32, August 12, 2009
Last week New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council (SHRPC) approved regulation that...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 31, August 5, 2009
At the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized all skin sanitizers...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 31, August 5, 2009
Recently there has been some debate about whether N95 masks are recommended to protect healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 22, 2009
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the UK found that antibiotic treatment could...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 22, 2009
Pandemic preparedness experts have voiced the importance of having an H1N1 vaccine available during...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 29, July 22, 2009
What medical practices experienced this past spring with influenza pandemic may be nothing compared...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 28, July 15, 2009
CDC researchers have found evidence suggesting people who are obese but otherwise healthy may be at...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 27, July 8, 2009
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has released a “National Strategic Plan...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 26, July 1, 2009
An article published online in the New England Journal of Medicine by scientists at the National...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 25, June 24, 2009
A report released last week by the CDC in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) indicates...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 25, June 24, 2009
Data presented at the 36th International APIC meeting in Fort Lauderdale, FL indicates that cases...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 17, 2009
On June 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic alert to phase six indicating...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 24, June 17, 2009
Epidemiologists who first advised respirator use for the current flu pandemic now say it is not...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 23, June 10, 2009
A report released by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), the Center for Biosecurity, and the...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 20, May 20, 2009
No, you didn’t read that incorrectly.
Despite your double-take, this is a legitimate...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 13, 2009
Although influenza A H1N1 outbreaks continue to spread, totaling 3,009 cases in the United States...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 19, May 13, 2009
An article published on Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal reports that although...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
In a matter of days, what began as a few suspected cases of swine flu in Mexico has elevated to...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 17, April 29, 2009
A rare and virulent strain of meningitis has infected 12 people and killed four in South Florida...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 16, April 22, 2009
A new report compiled by the AFL-CIO and six unions found that the nation’s healthcare...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 15, April 15, 2009
On April 7, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a rapid test for the detection of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 14, April 8, 2009
Global experts are worried that a form of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) could quickly become a...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 3, March 1, 2009
Under Joint Commission standard IC.02.03.01, an organization must work to prevent the transmission...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 8, February 25, 2009
A new development of antibodies that could protect against various strains of influenza, including...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
A new report from the FDA says Peanut Corp. of America (PCA)—the company tied to the current...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
After numerous studies, AIDS researchers have encountered encouraging results in preventing HIV...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
Last week, OSHA Healthcare Advisor posted news about a report from the Associated Press regarding a...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 11, 2009
Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville, WV is launching a “Protect Our Patients&rdquo...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 5, February 4, 2009
The recent salmonella outbreak linked to peanut products, has sickened more than 500 people and...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
There are plenty of airborne precautions for staff to follow when a tuberculosis (TB) patient...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 4, January 28, 2009
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that about a fifth of...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
A new nationwide APIC study shows the number of C. diff infections may be six to 20 times higher...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
When Baton Rouge (LA) General Hospital began seeing highly susceptible patients develop...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 13, December 24, 2008
Global warming is raising the risk for infection with what’s been dubbed “airport...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, December 17, 2008
A new report says budget cuts are threatening the country’s progress in safety and emergency...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 12, December 17, 2008
The design and placement of handwashing sinks in the rooms of transplant patients at Toronto...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 11, December 10, 2008
An experimental malaria vaccine is the most promising yet and was able to reduce the rate of...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 11, December 10, 2008
A new study shows that half-dose influenza vaccinations are effective in adults and may prove an...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
A new study in Lancet Infectious Diseases has again raised questions about the value of flu shots...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, November 26, 2008
Two years ago, the CDC recommended routine HIV testing for everyone ages 13 to 64, whether or not...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, November 26, 2008
Beginning last week, Boston became one of the first cities in the country to implement a system...
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Infection Control Weekly Monitor, Issue 9, November 26, 2008
If you needed further evidence of the importance of healthcare workers protecting themselves...
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Briefings on Infection Control, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Three years ago, pandemic influenza was a hot topic. Many facilities were focused on preparing for...