Infection Control News

An intervention undertaken by dozens of health centers reduced antibiotic use for pediatric conjunctivitis by up to 19% without increasing treatment failure, according to study findings.

Adults hospitalized with COVID-19 were less likely to experience critical outcomes such as ICU admission, respiratory failure or death during later periods of the pandemic, researchers found.

Free at-home COVID-19 tests will be available for mail order again in the United States beginning on Monday, Sept. 25.

When worn by health care personnel, a face shield was effective at reducing exposure to aerosol particles containing virus from a simulated coughing machine, researchers reported.

Donated lungs were the likely source of two cases of Legionnaires’ disease reported in transplant recipients at a Philadelphia hospital, investigators said.

Outreach efforts in the form of text messages and phone calls succeeded in increasing COVID-19 vaccination among children with sickle cell disease, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Roughly one-third of men globally have at least one type of genital HPV and one in five are infected with at least one high-risk HPV type, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data from a new study suggested a new standard cutoff for determining urinary tract infections in febrile children undergoing bladder catheterization, according to results published in Pediatrics.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video, Claudine Kabera, MPH, an epidemiologist at the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, discusses the U.S. government’s efforts to monitor the food supply for antimicrobial resistance.

A pediatric health care system totaled more than $250,000 in antibiotic waste over the course of 2 years — most of it on discarded antibiotics, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.