The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) announced the official launch of the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory Group…
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Experts share their insights on empowering infection preventionists to connect and collaborate with healthcare leaders, especially members of the C-suite. To access this issue, CLICK HERE
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In the United States, children routinely receive an injectable form of the polio vaccine. This vaccine is very effective at preventing illness, but it doesn’t block transmission of the polio…
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Pediatric flu vaccines significantly reduce the number of childhood cases of influenza, new research from Harvard Medical School confirms. The findings, published on June 1 in JAMA Pediatrics, show that…
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A new way of designing antibiotics could support the discovery of new treatments for drug-resistant infections. It could also help revive antibiotics that have lost effectiveness because bacteria have evolved…
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UCF College of Medicine assistant professor Renee Fleeman continues to refine a powerful therapy for drug-resistant bacteria that pierces the gooey coating that anchors and protects such germs from the…
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Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) exhibits prolonged persistence on intensive care unit (ICU) surfaces and plays a pivotal role in healthcare-associated transmission. However, evidence linking terminal environmental disinfection programs specifically targeting AB…
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Critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are at risk for colonization and infection by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB), a multidrug-resistant pathogen with high mortality. Despite the use of…
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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have announced a new collaborative initiative, the Healthcare Infection Prevention Advisory…
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An international team of experts recently came together to update sepsis care guidelines for adults for the first time since 2021. The updates have profound implications for the management of…
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Infectious diseases are a major cause of death worldwide, and diagnosing bacterial infections remains a challenge in medicine. And doing so reliably is more important than ever, given the increasing…
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