Weekly Rounds: COVID-19: 3 Years Later, Hot Topics in IPC, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 5, 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.
COVID-19, 3 Years Later: What Questions Are Still Unanswered?
As the third year of COVID-19 begins, some questions have been answered, but others still remain. ICT® asked leaders in the infection prevention and control field what answers the medical world needs now.
Focus on 4 Foundations of Patient Safety
Health care-associated infection-reducing initiatives are vital to keeping patients safe.
Making It Easier to Categorize Patients With SAB
Identifying the categories patients with staphylococcus aureus bacteremia fit into is in order to better care for them.
Hot Topics in IPC: Marburg Virus, Human Cases of Bird Flu, and COVID-19 Origin
Week of March 1, 2023, Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, discusses the hottest topics in infection prevention and control. This week it is the Marburg Virus, COVID-19 origins, and avian (bird) flu.
Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation: What the Experts Got Right—and Wrong
Information presented at this week's Congressional Committee needs a much deeper evaluation and consideration. The Cochrane Masking study may even vindicate the federal government's initial COVID-19 response.
“A Coup Against Science”: Health Groups Decry Kennedy’s Firing of National Vaccine Advisory Panel
June 12th 2025Health leaders are outraged after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, calling it a political purge that threatens public trust and vaccine safety.
AHE Exchange Summit 2025 Brings EVS and Infection Prevention Experts Together in Columbus, Ohio
June 9th 2025The Association for the Health Care Environment (AHE) is set to host its largest event of the year—Exchange Summit 2025—from June 8 to 11 in Columbus, Ohio. With over 600 environmental services (EVS) professionals expected to attend, this year’s conference focuses heavily on infection prevention, interdepartmental collaboration, and education that empowers frontline health care support leaders to improve patient safety and operational efficiency.
