COVID-19

The mandate was set to expire on March 18, 2022 and will cover the spring break season.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 11.

A comprehensive blueprint on how to be better prepared for the future as COVID-19 becomes endemic and the world faces future pandemics.

Key recommendations in the report include normalizing mask wearing and avoiding the supply chain failures.

A new study supports the conclusion that the “brain fog” reported by many who have recovered from mild COVID-19 infection is real and has an anatomical basis.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending March 4.

The benefits of a systematic, multi-layered approach utilizing various methods to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 to keep children in school.

Developers designed a game to teach infection prevention during COVID-19 to senior nursing students.

The virus may have found yet another stable host in the white-tailed deer population.

Staff shortages, public recognition, and moving out of the medical field are all issues that the sterile processing industry has faced.

Dr. Kevin Kavanagh shares his perspective on the new CDC mask guidance.

Face covering determinations will now be made based off hospitalizations, rather than case counts, among other metrics.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending February 25.

The new immunization schedule also includes updates and clarifications on vaccines such as hepatitis B, recombinant zoster vaccine, and the pneumococcal vaccine.

This vaccine will add another alternative to the current vaccines on the market if approved in US and Europe.

The research found vaccine efficacy in the prevention of visits to urgent treatment centers and emergency rooms fell from 87% at 2 months, to 66% at 4 months, to 31% at ≥ 5 months.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Infection Control Today’s highlights for the week ending February 18.

The postponement will allow for additional time to review new data regarding the emergency use authorization request.

Investigators found that 32% of older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 sought medical attention in the post-acute period.

IPs in the VA system aim their infection prevention sights on most areas of care: acute care, nursing homes, palliative, mental health. They track infections differently. In addition, the VA acts as a testing ground for IP innovations.

Long COVID appears to be worsening the labor shortage in the United States, and the health care industry—which has lost 20% of workers over the pandemic—could be particularly hard hit.

Lisa Waldowski, DNP, RN, CIC, of Kaiser Permanente: “There will always be a role for infection preventionists. I don’t worry about job security, so to speak. There are so many elements within infection prevention and control.”

There’s a long way to go before the industry recovers from the mass worker exodus from health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infection prevention especially faces daunting challenges.

A recent literature review and meta-analysis sought to determine the effects of COVID-19 lockdown measures on mortality rates. Here's what a team of economists found.

A CDC program examines wastewater to get a jump on COVID-19 eruptions, and also to detect new variants, some of which may have been hatched in animals.