Weekly Rounds: Therapy Animal Infection Risks, Bug of the Month, and More
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending November 25, 2022.
Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control®'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.
Therapy Animals in Hospitals: Preventing Infection Risks
Hospitalized children may be scared and uncertain, and therapy animals can help ease their insecurities. But what is done to protect the humans—and the animals—from infectious diseases?
Students Helping Students During COVID-19: University Contact-Tracing Program
A student-led COVID-19 contact-tracer program reduced exposures and infections at start of the pandemic.
Bug of the Month: Water Baby
Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in health care facilities today.
Hot Topics: 2022 Holiday Season Begins: RSV Running Rampant, COVID-19 Spiking
Now is the time to enjoy the holidays, but it is not time to forget to protect against RSV, COVID-19, and influenza.
Artificial Intelligence Offers Advancements and Challenges in the IPC Sphere
Artificial intelligence increases infection prevention and control measures in health care facilities and beyond.
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.
