Weekly Rounds: Norovirus 2022-2023 Season, Rodent Infestations, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending February 3, 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.
Live-Attenuated, Intranasal Vaccines Candidates for RSV and COVID-19
Could live attenuated vaccines and intranasal vaccines be the answer for RSV, COVID-19, and even cancer tumors?
Rodent Infestations and the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Rodents are known to transmit more than 35 illnesses. What signs should environmental services personnel and infection preventionists look for?
Norovirus: Preventing Spread in Food Service and Health Care Facilities
How can food service and health care workers prevent the spread of norovirus? Keeping employees at home, using the correct products the right way, and more.
Norovirus: What Experts Say About the 2022-2023 Season
Are norovirus cases going to skyrocket, or will the pandemic slowdown of this infectious disease continue?
FDA VRBPAC Meeting: Bivalent Vaccines, Natural Immunity, Imprinting, and COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates
The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee laid out a simpler direction for SARS-CoV-2 development and deployment.
Beyond the Surface: Rethinking Environmental Hygiene Validation at Exchange25
June 30th 2025Environmental hygiene is about more than just shiny surfaces. At Exchange25, infection prevention experts urged the field to look deeper, rethink blame, and validate cleaning efforts across the entire care environment, not just EVS tasks.
A Controversial Reboot: New Vaccine Panel Faces Scrutiny, Support, and Sharp Divides
June 26th 2025As the newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met for the first time under sweeping changes by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the national spotlight turned to the panel’s legitimacy, vaccine guidance, and whether science or ideology would steer public health policy in a polarized era.
Getting Down and Dirty With PPE: Presentations at HSPA by Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski
June 26th 2025In the heart of the hospital, decontamination technicians tackle one of health care’s dirtiest—and most vital—jobs. At HSPA 2025, 6 packed workshops led by experts Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski spotlighted the crucial, often-overlooked art of PPE removal. The message was clear: proper doffing saves lives, starting with your own.
