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Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 27.


Weekly Rounds: Bug of the Month: I Am Hiding in the Dirt, HAI Incident Increases, and More

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

The bugs are winning, but only because we are letting them.


A Pandemic Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Transmission 

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

Regardless of vaccination status, health care workers were protected with daily and regular hydrogen peroxide antisepsis. 


Does Daily Hydrogen Peroxide Antisepsis Protect Against COVID-19? 

However, respiratory HAVIs continued to be reported, despite elevated prevention practices, leaving young, susceptible patients threatened. 


Rhinovirus Infections Decreased—But Did Not Vanish—During Pandemic 

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 20. 


Weekly Rounds: CLABSI Prevention, IP Experts Recommend Updates, and More 

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, is director of UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), professor of medicine and associate chief of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF, and medical director for “Ward 86” HIV Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital.

A comprehensive look at whether mask wearing is beneficial for both SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses spread by airborne particles and respiratory droplets. 

When Should Universal Masking in Health Care Settings for COVID-19 Be Discontinued?

A new comprehensive article lays out best practice guidelines for 14 areas of infection prevention and control.  


Infection Prevention Experts Recommend Sweeping Updates

Children 5 to 11 years old now can receive a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.  

Pfizer-BioNTech Booster Dose Approved for Children 5 and Older

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending May 13. 


Weekly Rounds: New COVID-19 Variants, Robotic Surgery Challenges, and more 

Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (CBIC) is debuting a new certification for infection preventionists (IPs) who work in long-term care (LTC) settings.



An IP’s Newest Weapon: CBIC's LTC Certification

 COVID-19 page brings readers the latest information and clinical updates on the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, from case counts and hospitalization rates to data on effective treatments for severe disease and the circulating viral variants.  