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

Study provides previously unprecedented detail on the way infections might spread in hospitals

8/27/2021

Variety of interventions tested to reduce multidrug-resistant organisms in hospitals, long-term acute-care hospitals, and nursing homes

8/27/2021

Move would impact about 15,000 nursing homes, which employ more than 1.3 million people

8/23/2021

University of Mississippi Medical Center will open second field hospital in parking garage

8/19/2021

Figure reached close to 16 percent by May 2020

8/19/2021

State’s department of health expects all nursing homes to have at least 80 percent of staff vaccinated by Oct. 1

8/19/2021

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

State is requiring its 2.2 million healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated starting Sept. 30

8/11/2021

Delta variant’s rise proves healthcare facilities must make a pandemic safety response plan

8/11/2021

C. auris is drug resistant and sticks to surfaces

8/10/2021

153 of its 183 infected staff members at one hospital had been fully vaccinated

8/4/2021

Researchers identified several cases in which Candida auris was completely impervious to all existing medication

8/2/2021

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