IPAC News for the week of November 7 – November 11, 2022
Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Journal Current approaches for preventing environment-associated contamination in healthcare facilities: a systematic literature review by open access database. Journal ‘Get vaccinated’: As flu cases cross seasonal threshold in Canada, experts urge caution. News Monkeypox ‘almost eradicated’ in Montreal, once epicentre of virus outbreak in Canada #Monkeypox. News Ebola lockdowns are extended for another three weeks in Uganda as killer virus keeps spreading. News Fewer than 7% of Canadian kids...
IPAC News for the week of October 31 – November 4, 2022
Carbapenemase-producing Eenterobacterales from hospital environment and their relation to those from patient specimens. Journal Descriptive Analysis of Circulating Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Cholera Outbreaks Surge Worldwide as Vaccine Supply Drains. News Shanghai Disney: Visitors unable to leave without negative Covid test as park shuts. News A doctor's Ebola memoir is all too timely with a new outbreak in Uganda. News Vaccinating pregnant women with new RSV vaccine helped protect newborns: Pfizer. News Free flu...
IPAC News for the week of October 24 – 28, 2022
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Causative Agents to Ocular Infections. Journal Self-reported COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake among participants from different racial and ethnic groups in the United States and United Kingdom. Journal Are COVID rapid tests still reliable with new sub-variants on the rise? What experts say. News Hospitals are worried about child RSV this year. Here’s what to know. News CDC is discussing using oral polio vaccine for first time in 20...
IPAC News for the week of October 17 – 21, 2022
How to Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Reappraisal of Vico’s Theory—Is History Repeating Itself? Journal Implementation of the infection control estimate: A case study on the use of a newly developed digital tool for outbreak management in the acute setting. Journal Long COVID has led to greater use of strained hospitals, and it could get worse: study. News Pre-Omicron COVID-19 infection greatly reduces hospitalization risk due to new variants: study. News Ebola outbreak...