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October 09, 2023
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Cancer center’s anti-COVID efforts reduced nosocomial infections

Cancer center’s anti-COVID efforts reduced nosocomial infections

Enhanced infection prevention and control efforts during COVID-19 reduced the rates of some hospital infections at a comprehensive cancer center, including Clostridioides difficile and multidrug-resistant infections, according to a study.

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September 23, 2023
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Bedridden patients cleaned with wet wipes had reduced incidence of catheter-associated UTI

Bedridden patients cleaned with wet wipes had reduced incidence of catheter-associated UTI

Using wet wipes to clean bedridden patients with catheters resulted in fewer catheter-associated UTIs, researchers in Spain reported.

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September 08, 2023
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Study: Price of long-acting PrEP ‘unrealistic’ for population-level HIV control

Study: Price of long-acting PrEP ‘unrealistic’ for population-level HIV control

The “unrealistic” pricing of long-acting injectable PrEP hinders its use where HIV control budgets are stretched, according to researchers, who found that event-driven oral PrEP is a more cost-effective option for fixed budgets.

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September 08, 2023
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Three children’s hospitals uncover $250K in antibiotic waste over 2 years

Three children’s hospitals uncover $250K in antibiotic waste over 2 years

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.

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September 07, 2023
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Safe to fit test N95 masks every 3 years instead of annually, study finds

Safe to fit test N95 masks every 3 years instead of annually, study finds

Findings from a new study suggest that fit tests for N95 masks can safely be done every 3 years instead of every year, researchers reported.

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September 06, 2023
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Sexual contact remains most common route of mpox exposure

Sexual contact remains most common route of mpox exposure

Mpox can spread a variety of ways — including through close face-to-face and skin-to-skin contact — but sexual activity remains the most common route of exposure, new study findings suggest.

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August 22, 2023
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Commonly used disinfectants varied in efficacy against Candida auris

Commonly used disinfectants varied in efficacy against <i>Candida </i><i>auris</i>

Only a handful of commonly used disinfectants — primarily chlorine-based disinfectants — were consistently effective against the four major clades of Candida auris, researchers reported.

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August 17, 2023
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Surgical site infection prevention bundles may reduce S. aureus rates after TJA

Surgical site infection prevention bundles may reduce <i>S</i><i>.</i><i> aureus </i>rates after TJA

Published results showed implementation of a surgical site infection prevention bundle may decrease rates of deep incisional or organ space Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections after total joint arthroplasty.

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August 17, 2023
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Q&A: Time is right to consider over-the-counter HIV PrEP, experts say

Q&amp;A: Time is right to consider over-the-counter HIV PrEP, experts say

In the wake of the FDA approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, two experts argued that the time has come to make another prevention medication available without a prescription.

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August 15, 2023
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Study of health workers links nose-picking to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study of health workers links nose-picking to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Health care workers who pick their nose were around three times more likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 than those who did not, a small study conducted at two hospitals in the Netherlands found.

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