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05/06/2024

Happy National Nurses Week 2024
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02/16/2024

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10/10/2022

Dangerous superbugs are on the rise in hospitals and new antibiotics won’t be here tomorrow to stop the spread. The answer that hospitals can implement right now is rigorous cleaning. For more information, find link in bio.

10/10/2022

Dangerous superbugs are on the rise in hospitals and new antibiotics won't be here tomorrow to stop the spread. The answer that hospitals can implement right now is rigorous cleaning. See the New York Post article for more.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/09/with-dangerous-superbugs-on-the-rise-hospital-cleanup-means-life-or-death/

When you’re a patient, which room or bed you’re put in largely determines your risk of getting infected.

07/14/2022

The most important article of the year by Dr. Michael Parry from . Proof that cleaning hospitals rigorously saves lives.

Environmental cleaning and disinfection: Sustaining changed practice and improving quality in the community hospital - Volume 2 Issue 1

06/20/2022

RID is privileged to have been asked to participate in the SNF Nostos Health Conference taking place in Athens, Greece later on this week. We are very excited to share our important message about hospital infection control.

02/28/2022

Please watch on discussing how to avoid an infection when going to a hospital or nursing home. https://hospitalinfection.org for more info.

01/10/2022

If your employer has asked you to come back to the office, check out our "Five Steps to Prepare to go Back to Work." These steps are easy to do and they will help keep you safe.

https://hospitalinfection.org/about/5-steps-to-prepare-to-go-back-to-work/

Print here 5 Steps to Prepare to go Back to WorkBetsy McCaughey, Ph.D.If your employer has decided that it’s time for you to go back to the office, here are five things that you can do to help protect yourself from COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. Make disinfectant wipes, preferably with ble...

12/30/2021

Oregon is now battling its first cases of Candida auris. RID was one of the first to warn about this rare but very serious fungal infection and insist that states like New York report cases in real time. For more information and guidelines on how to avoid Candida auris, please visit our website and click on the tab "Battling Candida auris."

https://kpic.com/news/local/oregons-first-ever-cases-of-rare-fungal-infection-reported-in-outbreak-at-salem-hospital

SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is reporting an outbreak of a rare but serious fungal infection at Salem Hospital, marking the state’s first ever documented cases of the infection. The Oregon Health Authority confirmed three cases of Candida auris in patients at Salem Hospital. Officials say the in...

11/12/2021

Learning from the pandemic, "hospitals should use insights to revise 'outdated' infection prevention and control policies" -- new from Annals of Internal Medicine
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/infection-control/hospitals-should-use-covid-19-insights-to-revamp-infection-control-policies-review-suggests.html

Hospitals should use insights to revise "outdated" infection prevention and control policies, a review published in Annals of Internal Medicine Nov. 9 suggested.

11/12/2021

"Infection prevention... has made amazing gains in approaches to prevent COVID-19 transmission that could also be used to make hospitals and health care facilities safer every day, COVID-19 or not. This opportunity won’t last long..."

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/infection-prevention-post-pandemic-what-to-keep-what-to-stop-

What does the post-COVID-19 future look like for infection preventonists? Great strides in infection prevention have been made because of the COVID-19 response, but look for them to be modified moving forward.

11/04/2021

New from the American Medical Association
https://www.ama-assn.org/residents-students/resident-student-health/how-infection-control-can-start-medical-school

CDC’s Project Firstline puts infection-control knowledge in the hands of medical students, doctors and all health professionals. Learn more.

11/02/2021

What's better against Covid-19, natural immunity or vaccination? New findings from .gov
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/vaccine-induced-immunity.html

CDC provides credible COVID-19 health information to the U.S.

11/01/2021

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

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/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%.

10/29/2021

Important new science from The Lancet on Covid-19 vaccines: Less disease preventers, more disease tamers
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(21)00648-4/fulltext

Vaccination reduces the risk of delta variant infection and accelerates viral clearance. Nonetheless, fully vaccinated individuals with breakthrough infections have peak viral load similar to unvaccinated cases and can efficiently transmit infection in household settings, including to fully vaccinat...

10/28/2021

NYC's vaccine mandate for city workers takes effect tomorrow evening, with thousands of employees still unvaccinated
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/10/27/world/covid-vaccine-boosters/judge-rejects-nypd-vaccine-challenge

Staffing shortages are possible, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio. “These are agencies that have been preparing for months,” he said.

10/28/2021

Insights into the challenge posed by Candida auris from
Infection Control Today
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/strategies-for-mitigating-spread-of-candida-auris
and for more tips on how to keep patients safe from this superbug, also visit https://hospitalinfection.org/about/candida-auris/

One of the most disturbing features of C auris is that, in its relatively short life, it has rapidly developed resistance to the few available treatment options.