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|Articles|January 28, 2023

Weekly Rounds: Bird Flu Warning, Product Locator, Bug of the Month, and More

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending January 27, 2023.

Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control Today®'s (ICT®’s) wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs.

Bird Flu Warning: Its Spreading, Mutating, and Infecting Mammals

Kevin Kavanagh, MD, examines the current bird flu outbreak and the possible dangers it holds for humans.

ICT's Product Locator: January/February 2023

Infection Control Today's® Product Locator is a monthly column highlighting some of the latest advanced technology in the infection prevention field.

Bug of the Month: Wasting Away

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

Hot Topics in IPC: January 25, 2023, COVID-19, CDC Shake-Up, and Bird Flu

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, discusses the latest in COVID-19, a CDC shake-up, and the bird flu.

Updated: Multistate Cluster of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Linked to Use of Artificial Tears

EzriCare Artificial Tears have been linked to a multistate cluster of VIM‐GES‐CRPA associated with multiple different types of infections, including eye infections, permanent vision loss, hospitalizations, and 1 death.

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