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Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 11, 2022.

Weekly Rounds: Immunological Debt, Sequencing-Based Diagnostics, and More

SASKIA V. POPESCU, PHD, MPH, MA, CIC, is a hospital epidemiologist and infection preventionist. During her work as an infection preventionist, she performed surveillance for infectious diseases, preparedness, and Ebola-response practices. She holds a doctorate in biodefense from George Mason University where her research focused on the role of infection prevention in facilitating global health security efforts. She is certified in infection control and has worked in both pediatric and adult acute care facilities.

Infection prevention and control personnel don't elect to ever stop. Dr. Popescu tells us what's in the news this week of the mid-term elections.

Hot Topics in IPC:  Mid-term Election Week

KEVIN KAVANAGH, MD, is the founder of the patient advocacy group Health Watch USA

CDC discusses potential proposals to redefine spread and to produce uniform guidelines across different types of facilities because public health interventions do not cause immunological debt but instead may prevent immunocompromising infections. 

Respiratory Spread and the Flawed Concept of Immunological Debt: A New Understanding

What is scary in infection prevention and control? Dr. Popescu tells us what's in the news this week of Halloween.

Infection Prevention Hot Topics: Week of Halloween

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can be deadly for newborns and young infants. The newest information from Pfizer about its RSCpreF investigational vaccine is promising for new mothers and infants through the first 90 days of life.  


Pfizer Announces Encouraging Data on RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Persons

Despite study results that the univalent BA.5 booster produced much higher increase in antibodies, why was the hybrid bivalent Ancestral/BA.5 booster with a significantly lower increase chosen to be distributed, and how does this put the population at risk? 

 Is the Current Bivalent Booster the Correct One? Studies Suggest it Isn't

Tori Whitacre Martonicz is the editor of 

.  She has been a writer and editor for over 30 years, and she has an MA and BA in English Composition/Literature from the University of Akron in Akron, OH. She lives in Ohio with her husband; son; 2 tiny dogs, Selena Brigid Sophia and Doctor Danger Dog; and a big black cat, Freya. She loves reading, writing, gardening, and spending time with her loved ones.

Giving and receiving the correct information is vital to alleviate patients' reservations and fears. The recent monkeypox outbreak has caused concern and misinformation.  ICT® has the answers health care workers need. 


Monkeypox Outbreak: Answers for Patients 

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, covers updates on COVID-19 in frontline workers, an Ebola outbreak in Uganda, and ocular and needlestick monkeypox.

Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: COVID-19, Ebola Outbreak, and Ocular and Needlestick Monkeypox

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending October 14.

Weekly Rounds: Didier Pittet Examines Environmental Hygiene, Product Locator, and More

Winter is coming, which means influenza and COVID-19 rates are rising, but IPs have more issues like monkeypox and Ebola to contend with also. 

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