Infection Control Today, June 2022, (Vol. 26, No. 5)

However, improved IPC measures were not sufficient to protect HCP from occupational exposures during periods of high community incidence.

How do the veteran and the novice infection preventionists work together in the present climate? What do they think are their strengths and their differences as they combine their knowledge in the health care field? Infection Control Today® asked a veteran and a novice to find out.

To reduce the risk of surgical-site infection, utilize evidence-based interventions and give feedback to clinicians on bacterial transmission using Staphylococcus aureus as a marker.

The bugs are winning, but only because we are letting them.

Moderna has filed for the first FDA Emergency Use Authorization for this age group.

From 2014 to 2021, continued FDA reports have shown multidrug-resistant bacteria contaminating 6 types of endoscopes have had fatal consequences.

The letter comes after a year of reprocessing validation testing and a voluntary medical device recall.

The contamination was found during another study that involved culturing surfaces before and after routine daily cleaning/disinfection.