Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today: Infection Preventionists and Omicron, Cloth Masks Are Useless, Supreme Court Ruling
Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending January 14.
Here are 5 highlights from 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.
What Infection Preventionists Must Do in Current Omicron Crisis
Infection prevention and control experts offer their peers advice on how to handle overcrowding at hospitals and what to do about masking.
Cloth Masks Are Useless Against COVID-19 (Redux): Omicron Version
Omicron and an ample supply of N95s and KN95s might lead the CDC to change masking recommendations for the public this week to say that individuals should wear those masks.
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Worker COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Health care workers who work at facilities that care for patients who have Medicare or Medicaid must get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Delta, Omicron Coinfection Could Create a Super-Variant
Delta and Omicron coinfection is one of several concerns voiced by Paul Burton, MD, the chief medical officer at Moderna, to a panel of lawmakers in the United Kingdom.
Viewpoint: Omicron Surges Because Prevention Practices Drifted
As infection preventionists, we need to request that hospitals dust off the practices that were implemented during 2020. We need to reiterate that vaccination does not prevent infections, only severe illness.
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.
Getting Down and Dirty With PPE: Presentations at HSPA by Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski
June 26th 2025In the heart of the hospital, decontamination technicians tackle one of health care’s dirtiest—and most vital—jobs. At HSPA 2025, 6 packed workshops led by experts Jill Holdsworth and Katie Belski spotlighted the crucial, often-overlooked art of PPE removal. The message was clear: proper doffing saves lives, starting with your own.
