Weekly Rounds: COVID-19: 3 Years Later, Hot Topics in IPC, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending March 5, 2023.
Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control Today®'s (ICT®’s) wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs.
COVID-19, 3 Years Later: What Questions Are Still Unanswered?
As the third year of COVID-19 begins, some questions have been answered, but others still remain. ICT® asked leaders in the infection prevention and control field what answers the medical world needs now.
Focus on 4 Foundations of Patient Safety
Health care-associated infection-reducing initiatives are vital to keeping patients safe.
Making It Easier to Categorize Patients With SAB
Identifying the categories patients with staphylococcus aureus bacteremia fit into is in order to better care for them.
Hot Topics in IPC: Marburg Virus, Human Cases of Bird Flu, and COVID-19 Origin
Week of March 1, 2023, Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, discusses the hottest topics in infection prevention and control. This week it is the Marburg Virus, COVID-19 origins, and avian (bird) flu.
Addressing COVID-19 Misinformation: What the Experts Got Right—and Wrong
Information presented at this week's Congressional Committee needs a much deeper evaluation and consideration. The Cochrane Masking study may even vindicate the federal government's initial COVID-19 response.
How Contaminated Is Your Stretcher? The Hidden Risks on Hospital Wheels
July 3rd 2025Despite routine disinfection, hospital surfaces, such as stretchers, remain reservoirs for harmful microbes, according to several recent studies. From high-touch areas to damaged mattresses and the effectiveness of antimicrobial coatings, researchers continue to uncover persistent risks in environmental hygiene, highlighting the critical need for innovative, continuous disinfection strategies in health care settings.
Beyond the Surface: Rethinking Environmental Hygiene Validation at Exchange25
June 30th 2025Environmental hygiene is about more than just shiny surfaces. At Exchange25, infection prevention experts urged the field to look deeper, rethink blame, and validate cleaning efforts across the entire care environment, not just EVS tasks.
A Controversial Reboot: New Vaccine Panel Faces Scrutiny, Support, and Sharp Divides
June 26th 2025As the newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met for the first time under sweeping changes by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the national spotlight turned to the panel’s legitimacy, vaccine guidance, and whether science or ideology would steer public health policy in a polarized era.
