Infection Control

A study of nearly 400 children in Mississippi found that in-person attendance at school or child care was not associated with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2, investigators reported in MMWR.

Improving the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, including those seen during the dialysis process, poses unique challenges to patients and staff, according to a speaker.

A checklist for cardiac ICU physicians, who often treat both cardiac and noncardiac conditions, may improve outcomes among patients admitted to a cardiac emergency care setting, according to a scientific statement published in Circulation.

Universal use of face shields by health care personnel at a Texas hospital led to a significant reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infections, data presented at IDWeek show.

As COVID-19 safety precautions and understanding of the virus continue to improve, many cancer centers across the U.S. have been reopening their doors to more patients.

Rapid bedside testing is faster than standard centralized laboratory polymerase chain reaction testing for COVID-19 and may improve infection control in the hospital, according to data published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

In 2020, more adults in the United States remembered to wash their hands after experiencing respiratory symptoms or before eating compared with 2019, data show.

Glucocorticoids are associated with a dose-dependent increase in the risk for serious infections among patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving DMARDs, according to data published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the chance of infection in patients on in-center dialysis, mandating that nephrology nurses be more diligent about following protocols to reduce the risk, a speaker said.

Implementation of tailored infection prevention and control measures in psychiatric facilities may help prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2, according to results of a report published in MMWR.