Infection Control Today, October 2022, (Vol. 26, No. 8)

October 10, 2022

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

October 04, 2022

Because of mask-wearing and social distancing, numbers of influenza cases have been down the last 2 years. However, experts say numbers this year could go back up to numbers in prior years. The public and health care workers alike need a nudge to get vaccinated.

October 01, 2022

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending September 30.

September 28, 2022

Thorough cleaning and disinfection reduce the role fomites play in the spread of disease.

September 26, 2022

How infection preventionists communicate with those individuals with whom they interact is a tightrope of how to do it well and effectively. Read this article from readers' favorite, Heather Saunders, MPH, RN, CIC, to find out how to not fall off that tightrope in her second of 3 series on the 3'Cs of how to be a successful IP.

September 21, 2022

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

September 02, 2022

Despite the gap of the current and desired rate of COVID-19 vaccinations of pregnant individuals, the systematic review and meta-analysis of 10 observational studies show the vaccines are safe and effective.

August 18, 2022

Ambassador Deborah Birx, MD, told Infection Control Today® exclusively, “Every mistake that we made with COVID-19 in January and February of 2020, repeated in real time with monkeypox.”

August 12, 2022

Ambassador Deborah Birx, MD, infectious disease expert, and a former director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, weigh in on that agency's significantly changed quarantine and distancing guidelines.

August 10, 2022

Identified in at least 35 people in eastern China, a new type of henipavirus, Langya virus, is suspected to have infected shrews before jumping to humans.

August 10, 2022

Infection Control Today® asked Matt Pullen, MD, the questions from our readers about the NY polio patient.

August 09, 2022

A carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) cluster was identified and stopped because of due diligence of the infection preventionists at an acute care facility in Louisiana.

August 03, 2022

Adding staff is not the cure-all the CMS hopes it is. Higher wages and better government financial assistance would help, but fixing the system is not going to be easy.

August 02, 2022

Standardizing disinfectant wipes across multiple facilities requires comparing active ingredients, kill claims, and dwell times.