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"...contact precautions for MRSA and VRE can be removed with good horizontal infection prevention measures without an increase in health care-associated infections (HAIs)."

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Discontinuing contact precautions for MRSA, VRE did not increase HAI rates, study finds Discontinuing contact precautions for MRSA and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus did not lead to an increase in hospital-associated infections in a Pennsylvania hospital system, according to a study. “Although MRSA and VRE contact precautions are common in U.S. hospitals, some hospitals have b...

Today in APIC - Infection Prevention and You's Industry Perspectives: "Combating Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) through an Innovative Soft-Surface Based Intervention" from our COO Priya Balachandran, Ph.D., and collaborator Missy Travis, MSN, RN, CIC

Combating Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) through an Innovative Soft-Surface Based Intervention - APIC Multidrug-resistant microbes (MDROs) are on the rise, infecting millions globally. Innovative strategies are needed to strengthen best practices and antibiotic...

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Transfer of bacteria between fabric and surrogate skin Hospital surfaces in the vicinity of infected patients get contaminated by microbes shed by them, and eventually get colonized and transfer the microbes to other surfaces and humans they come in contact with.1 Survival and transmission of microbes to and from hard inanimate surfaces in hospital envi...

The bad news: this new study demonstrates that HAI pathogens can persist for more than a month on hospital fabrics.

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Study of the persistence of selected Gram negative bacteria pathogens of healthcare associated infections on hospital fabrics Fomites are inanimate objects capable of transmitting pathogenetic microorganisms from a source to a host. Such inanimate objects abound in hospital environments which are also usually contaminated by wide range of pathogenic microorganisms usually from patients and sometimes healthcare personnel [4...

If the wave of positive tests among players is any indication, it's time for teams to bolster their defenses.

Omicron threatens to massively disrupt sports world COVID is affecting the sports in ways not seen since before the vaccine became widely available.

Interesting to read about the “major challenges for off-planet laundering."

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Experiments Riding 24th SpaceX Cargo Mission to ISS The 24th SpaceX cargo resupply services mission, targeted to launch in late December from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carries scientific research and technology demonstrations to the International Space Station.

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Some Cleaning Methods May Contaminate Health Care Workers and PPE “[Personal protective equipment] was splashed during most activities and did not prevent skin exposure even when properly donned and doffed,” the study states.

"On average, about 1.7% of U.S. hospitalized COVID-19 patients caught the virus in hospitals, according to an analysis of Medicare records from April 1-Sept. 30, 2020."

Patients went into the hospital for care. After testing positive there for COVID-19, some never came out. About 21% of patients diagnosed with COVID during a hospital stay died, according to data analyzed for Kaiser Health News.

New on our blog: "While the Thanksgiving holiday was extra merry and bright this year as celebrations returned to normalcy, news of a new coronavirus variant has dimmed some of the sparkle of the rest of the holiday season."

How to handle the unwelcome holiday visitor While the Thanksgiving holiday was extra merry and bright this year as celebrations returned to normalcy, news of a new coronavirus variant has dimmed some of the sparkle of the rest of the holiday season. With plenty yet to learn about the omicron variant, Stanford University infection disease phys...

"No one should ever have to fight for their health over an they didn’t have when they entered a health care facility."

Battling HAIs: A Primer for Infection Preventionists In order of occurrence, the most common types of HAIs are catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) at 32%; surgical site infection (SSI) at 22%; pneumonia (ventilator-associated pneumonia) at 15%; and central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) at 14%.