Adherence to standard dialysis IPC measures enabled safe provision of dialysis to patients with Candida auris colonization or infection.

In spring, summer and autumn 2020, one abiding argument against controlled human infection (CHI) studies of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines has been their impact on local communities. Leading scientists and ...

Risk factors for community-acquired bacterial infection among young infants in South Asia: a longitudinal cohort study with nested case–control analysis ...

With Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently receiving recognition from NHS England as an exemplar site for sustainability in infection prevention and control, Katherine Price finds out ...

The practice guidance tool outlines when EBP should be implemented for residents, provides infection control recommendations for routine care activities, and includes case study examples with a ...

We analyzed data from persons with laboratory-confirmed A (H5N1) virus infection using a standardized case-report form linked to laboratory results from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Revolutionizing Infection Prevention: The Case for Universal Nasal Decolonization Over twenty years ago, an aspiring young microbiologist with a background in biochemistry posed a few simple yet ...

From childhood on, the risk of stroke increases with age. Ischemic stroke during childhood is rare; however, viral infections have been associated with an increased risk. The VIPS (Vascular Effects of ...

Objectives The objectives of the study are to observe the overall work environment including infection prevention and control (IP&C) practices on the target surgical unit; to analyse the policies and ...

Compounds that obstruct the "landing gear" of a range of harmful viruses can successfully protect against infection by the virus that causes COVID-19, a study led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ...

Estimates of the risk of viral disease outbreaks occurring in different populations are important for effective allocation of limited surveillance and control resources. Here, we show how changes in ...