IPAC News for the week of January 23 – 27, 2023
Don’t wait for an Ebola outbreak to vaccinate people against it. Journal Healthcare-associated infections in Dutch hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal Reducing CAUTI in patients with acute urinary retention in the critical care setting: A pilot study with electronic medical record analytics. Journal How will the WHO's decision on COVID emergency declaration affect Canada? News U.S. FDA proposes shift to annual COVID shot for healthy adults. News Eight in 10 people in China caught...
IPAC News for the week of January 9 – 13, 2023
A survey of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 23 countries in 2022. Journal Response to back-to-back outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 in two nomadic pastoralist settlements in Oti Region, Ghana-2019. Journal Uganda is set to declare an end to its latest deadly Ebola outbreak. News Omicron COVID booster cuts hospitalization in over 65s, Israeli study finds. News Masks recommended on long flights amid new COVID variant spread: WHO. News University of Waterloo researchers find...
IPAC News for the week of January 3 – 6, 2023
Visitors from China must provide a negative COVID test. Here's why that won't prevent infection in Canada. News Malawi suspends school opening over deadly cholera outbreak. News Some N.S. pharmacies reporting shortage of cold and flu medications. News New XBB 1.5 strain of COVID-19, nicknamed ‘The Kraken’, has spread to BC. News Prescriptions for COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid double in Ontario News Shortage of OTC cold & flu medications persists in Canada News...
IPAC News for the week of December 19 – 23, 2022
COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA): Hospital or Home Environment as a Source of Life-Threatening Aspergillus fumigatus Infection? Journal Does COVID-19 have an impact on influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students: a 2-year prospective cohort study. Journal Meningitis outbreak declared at Dalhousie University residence following student death. News Doctors warn holidays will likely bring COVID-19 infections. News China could see nearly a million deaths as it exits zero-Covid, study says. News Still time...