Infection Control Today, March 2022, (Vol. 26, No. 2)

Perspectives from a diversity of health care workers improve the care and outcomes of patients.

Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in healthcare facilities today.

As we approach year 3, the contribution made by infection preventionists in battling this pandemic needs to be appreciated more.

Many people suffer from long COVID, and since COVID-19 is a fairly recent development experts aren’t sure what “long” means exactly. Weeks? Months? Years? A lifetime?

The highly transmissible and dominant Omicron variant of COVID-19 places added pressure on infection preventionists and other clinicians to determine just what they’re dealing with.

Outpatient settings are not like inpatient settings. They have unique requirements and circumstances, including those related to infection prevention and control.

The successful combination of products and the adoption and application of science-based practices will help the sterile processing profession rise above challenges to protecting frontline technicians.

Before COVID-19, the infection prevention department got a median of 71 calls a month. When COVID-19 struck, that rose to 368 a month, with 50% of calls concerning isolation precautions, the study states.

CDC investigators looked at what might cause reinfections during the first wave of the pandemic.

Earloop toggles or a mask brace made for a better seal and enhanced the fit of medical masks. The mask brace “significantly improved” how cloth masks fit.