A report by a senior infection prevention analyst at the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority provides five basic infection control best practices for ASCs. The report, “Strategies to Fully Implement ...
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How Not to Get Sick With a Virus This Fall
The best ways to keep germs at bay include getting vaccinated and washing your hands and the surfaces you touch. Learn what ...
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta cut its catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the pediatric intensive care unit to zero — and maintained a rate of zero for more than 500 days — with a new ...
The Florida Department of Health in Hernando County discovered a locally-acquired West Nile virus infection in sentinel ...
On the heels of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services emphasizing the importance of using enhanced barrier precautions when caring for certain nursing home residents, infection control ...
March 30, 2010 — Ordinary surgical masks are just as effective as high-filtration N95 respirators in protecting hospital staff from the novel pandemic influenza A strain H1N1, according to an ...
Vaccination against hepatitis B is a common recommendation, but what exactly is it preventing? HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his advisory group plan to meet this week to discuss and vote on ...
Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the U.S.
Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their 10th birthday – about half of ...
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new ...
Twice-yearly subcutaneous lenacapavir has been shown to be efficacious for prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in cisgender women. The efficacy of lenacapavir for preexposure ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses have caused widespread infections in dairy cows and poultry in the United States, with sporadic human cases. We describe characteristics of human ...
Share on Pinterest Lenacapavir is a twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV that could improve adherence rates compared to other PrEP medications. d3sign/Getty Images The WHO issued a global ...
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