Infection Control

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed synovial biomarkers did not demonstrate high prognostic utility for predicting failure following reimplantation.

Researchers found that inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions were associated with avoidable adverse drug events in children, including Clostridioides difficile, and substantial health care expenditures.

Results showed a new femoral component antibiotic spacer for knee periprosthetic joint infection had similar infection control rates, increased knee range of motion and improved ambulatory status compared with contemporary counterparts.

Adding aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to hospital infection prevention protocols significantly reduced Clostridioides difficile infections, according to the results of a 10-year study reported in the American Journal of Infection Control.

A patient awaiting a kidney transplant from a living donor was told by a Colorado hospital that the surgery would be on hold until she and the donor were vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus.

After finding that patients who received dialysis in-center had higher rates of COVID-19, researchers advocated for “a major shift” to home-based care as a means to reduce the risk for transmission of future infectious diseases.

Data from two preprint studies show that the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong antibody response against variants. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

A pandemic-themed escape room increased staff adherence to infection prevention and control measures in a Texas health care system, researchers reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology meeting.

An Iowa hospital’s infection prevention and control program experienced a 500% increase in call volume last year — an under-evaluated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers said at the SHEA Spring Conference.

I had veterinary virologists as parents. My dad studied and worked on rabies for his PhD, and my mother was a pioneer in India on buffalopox virus, which is very closely related to cowpox and smallpox, also earning her PhD.