Consider collateral impacts when planning for future crises The covid-19 pandemic’s impact extends far beyond the direct effects of infection and death, resulting in sharp increases in other causes of ...

Surveillance data collected over a 10-year period showed a substantial increase in the incidence of invasive GAS disease among US patients across 10 states.

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The CDC has ended its healthcare infection control practices advisory committee to comply with President Donald Trump’s “continuing the reduction of the federal bureaucracy” executive order ...

GHASTLY—Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee HICPAC, which issued guidance about preventing the spread of infections in health care facilities.

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) crafted national standards for hand-washing, mask-wearing and isolating sick patients that most U.S. hospitals follow.

Physician oversight should be conducted in a culture that is non-punitive. Infection prevention and control teams need to be paired with strong environmental services teams and pharmacy departments.

Senior staff listened to and responded to concerns and accidents and incidents, but they did not formally record lessons learnt from these. The manager told us, “I sign them off (accidents and ...