Weekly Rounds: Forgotten Patients, APIC's Advice, Hot Topics in IPC, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today®’s highlights for the week ending December 15, 2022.
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.
Forgotten Patients: The Immunocompromised Are Being Left Behind
Immunocompromised individuals are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. But do the current treatments protect them? If not, then what needs to be done?
APIC Gives Advice to Protect Against the Trifecta of Infectious Diseases
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released a statement on how to protect against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.
Hot Topics in Infection Prevention and Control: Week of Dec 15, 2022
Saskia v. Popescu covers the news about COVID-19 cases, Ebola, and cholera in the week before Christmas, 2022.
COVID-19: How to Reduce Spread Without Vaccines and Monoclonal Treatments
With many of the new COVID-19 vaccines not as effective against the new variants, reducing their spread without pharmaceuticals is even more critical.
Sweden’s Pandemic Experiment: A Book Review
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, reviews a book examining the results of Sweden's controversial decisions made during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
Comprehensive Strategies in Wound Care: Insights From Madhavi Ponnapalli, MD
November 22nd 2024Madhavi Ponnapalli, MD, discusses effective wound care strategies, including debridement techniques, offloading modalities, appropriate dressing selection, compression therapy, and nutritional needs for optimal healing outcomes.
The Leapfrog Group and the Positive Effect on Hospital Hand Hygiene
November 21st 2024The Leapfrog Group enhances hospital safety by publicizing hand hygiene performance, improving patient safety outcomes, and significantly reducing health care-associated infections through transparent standards and monitoring initiatives.
Managing Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy in HIV: Insights From Michelle S. Cespedes, MD, MS
November 20th 2024Michelle S. Cespedes, MD, MS, discusses the challenges of managing multimorbidity and polypharmacy in HIV treatment, emphasizing patient education, evolving guidelines, and real-world insights from the REPRIEVE study.
Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics to Showcase Breakthrough Vaccine Data at IDWeek 2024
November 19th 2024Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics revealed promising data on universal influenza vaccine LHNVD-110 and AMR sepsis vaccine LHNVD-303 at IDWeek 2024, addressing critical global health challenges.
