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COVID-19
The Infection Control Today® 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.
Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: Syphilis Surges, While J&J Vaccine on Pause
April 16, 2021
The number of syphilis cases in 2000 raised hopes that it could be eradicated, but since 2015 cases have risen 74%.
N95 Decontamination Process Allows 25 Reusages
April 16, 2021
Christina Yen, MD: “For any infection preventionists who are thinking about or are reviewing the need for VHP sometime in the future, just know that those colleagues that we’ve relied on this time around are going to be there and are going to be your partners in the VHP process.”
Lessons Learned Pre-COVID-19 Used During Pandemic
April 16, 2021
The lessons infection preventionists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center learned from an outbreak of respiratory illness at the facility’s NICU in 2019, were later used to help deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Integrate HAI Tracking with Electronic Medical Records
April 16, 2021
The infection prevention and business intelligence teams at Piedmont Healthcare put their heads together to streamline the process of tracking health care-acquired infections.
If COVID Could Talk … But It Does, at the Cellular Level
April 14, 2021
Joachim L. Schultze, MD: “We decided that the knowledge that we have in immunology, as well as in genomics and single-cell technology, should be used to understand this new disease.”
Postcards From the Edge: Lessons Taught by COVID-19
April 14, 2021
One thing that will haunt me and many health care personnel in both acute care and LTCFs forever is that so many people died without a family member at their bedside.
Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine Expected to be Temporarily Discontinued
April 13, 2021
The CDC and FDA are expected to announce an immediate pause for administering the one-shot adenovirus Ad26.COV2.S while advising states distributing the product to consider doing the same.
Hot Topics in Infection Prevention: Vaccines Block COVID-19 Infection
April 13, 2021
Those fully vaccinated had 90% protection against infection regardless of symptoms and even partial immunization yielded 80% protection against infection.
APIC Answers CDC’s Call to Take on Racism in Health Care
April 12, 2021
“APIC will be focused on conducting research on how health equity and health disparities should be addressed in the field of infection prevention and control including designing interventions…”
COVID-19 Variants Make Road to Normal a Bit Rocky
April 12, 2021
Infection preventionists (IPs) are now faced with delivering a difficult message. It is much easier to advocate for vaccinations which prevent disease, than it is for vaccinations which lessen the severity of disease or reduces your chances of becoming infected.