Outbreak coverage, research and announcements from CICTI and the wider infection control field.
After a year of pandemic-imposed web-based only offerings, CICTI is pleased to announce that we are offering onsite, in-person training again! We will continue to offer web-based programs on a regular basis, but live, hands-on training is what we really like to do.
An article from UCSF about how Face Masks do and don't work.
Seeing how microbes snatch new genetic material from their environment could help in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
Do not wash raw chicken. During washing, chicken juices can spread in the kitchen and contaminate other foods, utensils, and countertops.
Antibiotic-resistant superbug bacteria grow up hospital drains and can splash out into sinks and onto counters, researchers reported Friday.
Germaphobes may cringe at cards, but paying with plastic is unlikely to make you ill
Alcohol-resistant bacteria would undermine the effectiveness of those ubiquitous hand sanitizers, researchers say.
Cleaning and disposing of infectious waste isn’t a role for the squeamish. You work in close proximity of blood and other bodily fluids – as well as waste materials – which may carry common infections (like HIV, hepatitis, and meningitis to name a few).
The infection preventionist’s involvement in construction and renovation projects goes far beyond daily rounding. It is crucial that IPs be involved prior to construction during the concept and planning phases, as well as after construction has completed, and prior to occupancy. It takes a multi-disciplinary team to ensure that construction and renovation projects will serve both form and function of the completed needs of the space. The IP brings an infection-related mitigation skill set that serves throughout the continuum of this process.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)–infections patients can get while receiving medical treatment in a healthcare facility–are a major, yet often preventable, threat to patient safety.
A recent study conducted by researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology found that an infectious passenger with influenza or other droplet-transmitted respiratory infection will most likely not transmit infection to passengers seated farther away than two seats laterally and one row in front or back on an aircraft. The study was designed to assess rates and routes of possible infectious disease transmission during flights.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the environmental pathogens that surround us it’s this: they WILL find a way to survive and thrive.
Some people hover. Some build a nest of toilet paper. And some reach for those hard-to-keep-centered, always-getting-splashed-by-the-prematurely-auto-flushing-toilet seat covers. If you’re in the latter camp, you’ve probably wondered whether the extra effort is really protecting you from something. The answer is yes—though probably not the thing you’re worried about.
Construction-related Nosocomial Infections
As humans, we don’t always do what we should. Take, for instance, my new lifestyle change. I can usually convince myself to make a salad for lunch, but sometimes Jimmy John’s is just easier, tastier and more cost-effective.
Researchers sampled 16 sites within patient isolation rooms and patient bays to determine hardest-to-clean areas
Three of the nine confirmed Legionella patients linked to a cancer unit at UAB Hospital have retained a Birmingham lawyer with experience in litigation involving the deadly bacteria.
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