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Infection Control TodayInfection Control Today, March 2023, (Vol. 27, No. 2)
Volume 27
Issue 2

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.

Bug of the Month

Bug of the Month

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Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today. Each column explores the Bug of the Month's etiology, the infections it can cause, the modes of transmission, and ways to fight its spread. The pathogen profiles will span bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic species. We encourage you to use Bug of the Month as a teaching tool to help educate health care personnel and start a dialogue about microbiology-related imperatives.

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Reach for the Stars (Adobe Stock 88686178 by Jankovoy)
Reaching for the Stars: Turn Your Weaknesses Into Successes
Weekly Rounds: Product Locator, The Joint Commissions, Human Metapneumovirus, and More
Weekly Rounds: Product Locator, The Joint Commissions, Human Metapneumovirus, and More
The Joint Commission Seal
What You Should Know About The Joint Commission
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First Responders Tackle Infection Control and Prevention Challenges
Stop Infections in Their Tracks: Water-Free Care in the ICU
Stop Infections in Their Tracks: Water-Free Care in the ICU
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Bug of the Month: Itchy, Itchy
COVID-19
COVID-19, 3 Years Later: What Questions Are Still Unanswered?
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Making It Easier to Categorize Patients With SAB
Preventing HAIs
Focus on 4 Foundations of Patient Safety
Could changing gloves and instruments prevent SSIs?
Routine Change of Surgical Gloves/Instruments Significantly Lowers SSIs
home infusion
Home Infusion Therapy: Limited Study Shows Lack of Formal Infection-Surveillance Training
Hot Topics in Infection Control and Prevention
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cleaners and disinfectants. Are the guidelines safe from CDC and EPA?
How Dangerous Are Cleaning Products Environmental Hygiene Personnel Use?
Sepsis: One Father's Story, Part 3
Sepsis: One Father's Story, Part 3
Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC
When the Infection Prevention Epidemiologist Gets COVID-19
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