Weekly Rounds: Reducing Unnecessary Urine Cultures, Hot Topics in IPC and More

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Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending April 2, 2023.

Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today

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.

How to Reduce Unnecessary Urine Cultures Among Hospitalized Patients

Reducing unnecessary and inappropriate urine cultures through EHR-focused interventions would be valuable in health care systems that have limited resources.

Watch this video to learn about the airplane-flying doctor

Does Obesity Affect Vaccine Response?

Joshua Rhein, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, discusses whether obesity affects vaccine response and what can be done.

Watch this to learn more about how obesity affects infections

Hot Topics in IPC: Candida auris, Marburg Virus, and Pseudomonas From Eye Drops

Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, gives the latest on Candida auris, Marburg Virus Disease, and eye drops from EzriCare and Delsam Pharma.

Read more about Hot Topics in Infection Control and Prevention

Reaching for the Stars: Turn Your Weaknesses Into Successes

Learn from your mistakes; reach for the stars. We all have learning to do. Just don't quit!

Read about reaching for the stars and overcoming failures and reaching for successes

Overview of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Heather Saunders, MPH, RN, CIC; Tracy Field, RN, WCC, LALD, LTC- CIP; and Isis Lamphier, MPH, CIC, review the articles considered as personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks, gowns, and gloves.

watch this video series to learn more about infection control and prevention best practices
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