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Clostridioides difficile infection risk greater among patients requiring maintenance hemodialysis

Patients requiring maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) were associated with a significantly greater risk of developing Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to study findings published recently in Infection Control...

source: AJMC

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital recognized among safest in nation

Keeping patients safe from preventable complications while they receive care inside our nation’s hospitals has become an area of focus for health care providers across the country in recent years. At Dignity Health Sierra Nevada...

source: The Union

Antibiotics misused during COVID get new look as infections rise

The CDC is devoting funding to dozens of local health departments for programs to stop improper antibiotic prescribing following the rise in deadly bacterial and fungal infections during the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency has already issued...

source: Bloomberg Law

Neonatal sepsis: The new threat posed by superbugs

Has the over-use of antibiotics created a deadly risk to newborns? Kamala Thiagarajan investigates the hidden health crisis devastating families around the world – and the solutions that could stop it.

source: BBC

Blood test could predict people's likelihood of developing long COVID

A blood test taken at the time of Covid-19 infection could predict who is most likely to develop long Covid, suggests a new small-scale study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in Lancet eBioMedicine, analyzed proteins in...

source: News-Medical.Net

Inpatient and outpatient clinics must monitor fomites as part of IPC protocols

Healthcare professionals know anything you touch can serve as a reservoir for pathogens. They also know you can transmit or contract a pathogen by coming in contact with a contaminated fomite (inanimate object). As part of our...

source: Infection Control Today

California's COVID-19 infection and hospital rates drop, but state's death toll passes 95,000

As the calendar flips from summer to fall, California’s coronavirus numbers appear to be continuing a long and steady trend of improvement, with key transmission and hospitalization metrics having now declined for...

source: The Sacramento Bee

Occult hepatitis B virus infection: Underestimated global health threat

Undetected occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is likely to affect a “substantial proportion” of the populations of countries with high HBV endemicity and low testing resources, according to a recent review and meta-analysis.

source: ContagionLive

DC's wastewater program data sees continued delays

D.C. has finally collected two months' worth of wastewater COVID-19 data, but has yet to send it to the CDC or make the data public. Why it matters: Officials across the country have used wastewater to monitor coronavirus levels in feces and warn of potential spikes in...

source: Axios

A common virus is putting more children in the hospital than in recent years

A respiratory virus that pops up every two years is causing an increase in pediatric hospitalizations in some parts of the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said earlier this month that...

source: MarketWatch

CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health facilities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal masking in health care settings, unless the facilities are in areas of high COVID-19 transmission. The agency quietly issued the updates as part of an overhaul...

source: The Hill

What's behind dramatic drop in monkeypox cases in the US

After weeks of rising cases, the monkeypox outbreak appears to be significantly slowing down in the United States. As of Sept. 21, the latest date for which data is available, the seven-day case average was 197, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This...

source: ABC News

Vaccine appears to protect against monkeypox

At-risk people who received a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine in U.S. efforts against the virus appeared to be significantly less likely to get sick, public health officials announced Wednesday, even as they urged a second dose for full protection. It was the first...

source: The Associated Press

Ebola kills five in Uganda, 19 other deaths likely connected, president says

Five people have died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, the president said on Wednesday, but he said he would not order a lockdown because Ebola is easier to manage than COVID-19.

source: Reuters

FDA panel votes in favor of fecal transplant therapy for recurrent C. difficile infection

An FDA advisory committee recently voted there was adequate data to support the safety and efficacy of fecal microbiota transplant therapy Rebyota for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile...

source: Healio

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Clostridioides difficile infection risk greater among patients requiring maintenance hemodialysis

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital recognized among safest in nation

Antibiotics misused during COVID get new look as infections rise

Neonatal sepsis: The new threat posed by superbugs

Blood test could predict people's likelihood of developing long COVID

Inpatient and outpatient clinics must monitor fomites as part of IPC protocols

California's COVID-19 infection and hospital rates drop, but state's death toll passes 95,000

Occult hepatitis B virus infection: Underestimated global health threat

DC's wastewater program data sees continued delays

A common virus is putting more children in the hospital than in recent years

CDC no longer recommends universal masking in health facilities

What's behind dramatic drop in monkeypox cases in the US

Vaccine appears to protect against monkeypox

Ebola kills five in Uganda, 19 other deaths likely connected, president says

FDA panel votes in favor of fecal transplant therapy for recurrent C. difficile infection

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