Infection Control - August 2021
10 Steps To Prevent Spread of C. auris in Hospitals
Drug-resistant superbug spreads easily throughout the facilities
8/30/2021
Patients Were Largest Source of Hospital-Acquired COVID-19: Study
Study provides previously unprecedented detail on the way infections might spread in hospitals
8/27/2021
Study Seeks Strategies To Reduce Spread of MDROs
Variety of interventions tested to reduce multidrug-resistant organisms in hospitals, long-term acute-care hospitals, and nursing homes
8/27/2021
U.S. To Mandate Vaccinations for Nursing Home Employees
Move would impact about 15,000 nursing homes, which employ more than 1.3 million people
8/23/2021
Field Hospitals Reopening as COVID-19 Surge Hits
University of Mississippi Medical Center will open second field hospital in parking garage
8/19/2021
11 Percent of COVID-19 Infections Were Hospital Acquired
Figure reached close to 16 percent by May 2020
8/19/2021
Pennsylvania Mandates Nursing Home Staff Vaccinations
State’s department of health expects all nursing homes to have at least 80 percent of staff vaccinated by Oct. 1
8/19/2021
Texas Hospitals Out of ICU Beds as COVID-19 Surges
One-half of state's 22 trauma service areas report 10 or fewer open beds as 9,400 COVID-19 patients fill ICUs
8/13/2021
California Mandates Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers
State is requiring its 2.2 million healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated starting Sept. 30
8/11/2021
COVID Protocols for Facilities Managers in the Long Term
Delta variant’s rise proves healthcare facilities must make a pandemic safety response plan
8/11/2021
New Superbug Sweeping Through Healthcare Facilities
C. auris is drug resistant and sticks to surfaces
8/10/2021
223 Hospital Staffers Test Positive for Coronavirus
153 of its 183 infected staff members at one hospital had been fully vaccinated
8/4/2021
Untreatable Superbug Outbreak Strikes Hospitals, Nursing Homes
Researchers identified several cases in which Candida auris was completely impervious to all existing medication
8/2/2021
