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Infection Control TodayInfection Control Today, June 2023, (Vol. 27 No. 5)
Volume 27
Issue 5

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

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Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today. Each column explores the Bug of the Month's etiology, the infections it can cause, the modes of transmission, and ways to fight its spread. The pathogen profiles will span bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic species. We encourage you to use Bug of the Month as a teaching tool to help educate health care personnel and start a dialogue about microbiology-related imperatives.

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Are You Reinventing the Wheel?
Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today
Weekly Rounds: The Correct Disinfectant, Changing Belief Systems, and More
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From Belief to Behavior: An IP's Step-by-step Approach to Changing Belief Systems
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Minimizing Health Risks: Controlling Mold in Health Care Settings
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3D-Printed PPE: Promising Solution or Contamination Risk?
Bug of the Month (AdobeStock 212461544 by Dr_Microbe)
Bug of the Month: Keep Your Fingers Out of Your Mouth!
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APIC Conferences Are for IPs, but Who Else Would Benefit? Remastering Leadership Methods
Candida auris (Adobe Stock 586671996 by Crocothery)
Preparing for a Candida auris Outbreak in Long-Term Care
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Surgical Site Infection Surveillance
Surgical anesthesia (Adobe Stock, unknown)
Bacterial Transmission in Anesthesia Work Areas Explains Surgical Site Infections
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Adobe Stock, unknown)
CDC Discusses Candida auris: The Role of Infection Preventionists and EVS Staff
the author, Tabrikah Mohammed, MSc, BSN, TQM, CIC, CPHQ, presenting at ICAMR
International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance Highlights Latest Advances
Health care-acquired infections (HAIs) (Adobe Stock, unknown)
Preventing Increases in HAIs and Burnout During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Medical background, Enterobacterales bacterium including salmonella, E. coli, plague bacillus, proteobacteria, gram-negative, 3d rendering. (Adobe Stock 521389597 By sokolova_sv)
Carbapenem-Resistant Infections: How Do Genetic Elements Affect Transmission?
Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, gives the latest in IPC topics.
Hot Topics in IPC: STI Antibiotic Plans, Marburg, COVID-19, and Medicine's Rat Problem
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David Levine, PhD, DPT, MPH, FAPTA
Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today
Henry Spratt, Infection Control Today's Editorial Advisory Board member
Andrea Flinchum, 2024 president of the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (CBIC) explains the AL-CIP Certification at APIC24
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Lila Price, CRCST, CER, CHL, the interim manager for HealthTrust Workforce Solutions; and Dannie O. Smith III, BSc, CSPDT, CRCST, CHL, CIS, CER, founder of Surgicaltrey, LLC, and a central processing educator for Valley Health System
Jill Holdsworth, MS, CIC, FAPIC, CRCSR, NREMT, CHL, and Katie Belski, BSHCA, CRCST, CHL, CIS
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