COVID-19

Assisted living facilities face distinct challenges when it comes to infection prevention and control due to their unique nature.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending Aug 20, 2023.

What is a COVID-19 infection? With the definition not consistent, the answer is far from simple.

In this Hot Topics in IPC, Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, gives the latest on COVID-19, tuberculosis, and changes in leadership at the CDC and NIAID.

The report has brought to attention the increasing danger of bacteria that are resistant to modern medicine. This problem has already reached alarming levels in many areas of the world.

Visible-light continuous environmental disinfection system reduces microbial contamination and surgical site infections, as noted in an AJIC study. Experts explain the study and the technology.

Sepsis often first appears in the emergency department, making diagnosis challenging and leading to delays. This study examines a new, recently FDA-approved test on how to diagnose earlier.

In this opinion article, the authors discuss their concerns about the recent HICPAC/CDC proposals on infectious diseases.

3D-Printed PPE in emergencies seemed like a great idea during the COVID-19 pandemic. But a recent study shows they could be a contamination risk to patients and staff.

Giantmicrobes is a company that creates fun health and science products that resemble microbes, organs, vaccines, and more and are used for teaching and enjoying.

In his analysis, Kevin Kavanagh, MD, explores the measures taken by the infectious disease sector in response to the pandemic, pointing out both effective and ineffective approaches. He also discusses how the pandemic has affected the treatment of other infectious diseases.

Have foodborne infections returned to prepandemic levels? What information should infection prevention and control personnel offer to patients and staff to prevent an E coli infection?

A small study explored the connection between Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and the COVID-19 condition.

New Haven's infection prevention department created a procedure to identify and manage COVID-19 cases in BH units based on literature findings about how it spreads.

As more and more residents in long-term care facilities get Candida auris, infection preventionists must know how to prevent, prepare for, and control a C auris outbreak. An expert explains how.

The FDA committee, known as VRBPAC, in charge of evaluating vaccines and related biological products recently voted unanimously that the upcoming 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines should be updated with a monovalent XBB strain.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the infection prevention field had to think outside the box they were used to. The Navajo Nation was no different. Outside their box, they found UV-C robots.

The recent increase in drug-resistant strains of Candida auris, causing mortality at rates as high as 60%, raises questions regarding the spread of this pathogen as a health care-associated infection, cleaning/disinfecting protocol, and treatment via antifungal drugs.

What is the CDC's Antimicrobial Resistance Funding map? A key opinion leader explains.

In this installment of IPC Pros Helping Each Other, how do IPs keep those in their facilities to remember essential infection control practices?

Listen to how a doctor in rehabilitation who works with patients with brain and neurologic injuries is now working with patients with long COVID.

COVID-19, schools, and children are sensitive topics. Some worry about transmission in schools, while others don't see it as a concern. Which is it?

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending June 4, 2023.

What is infection control and prevention like on the Navajo Nation? Find out in this first of 3 installments in a conversation with managers at the Sage Memorial Hospital, Navajo Health Foundation.

The future infection prevention and control pathway is inclusive and invites master of public health graduates and other degrees besides nursing to enter this evolving field.

In the first of this new series, IPC Pros Helping Each Other: When is the right time to unmask in long-term care? One IP explains how she and her facility unmasked and what led to their decision.

Investigators studied 2 infants experiencing seizures, small head size, and developmental delays born of mothers who had contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy.

Infection preventionists come from many different backgrounds. However, many left the field during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will require creative methods to preserve existing IP staff and educate those entering the field.

The rate of unemployment, long COVID, and immune system issues are still causing problems globally.

“The public health emergency ending doesn't mean that infectious disease [threats] are over, whether from COVID-19 or otherwise.”