Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC): MeetingIn accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC) announces the following meeting....
Sepsis is recognized as a global public health problem, but the proportion due to hospital-acquired infections remains unclear. We aimed to summarize the e
Influenza virus infection is acquired by transfer of virus-containing respiratory secretions. Both small particle aerosols and droplets probably play a role in this transmission, but for infection control purposes influenza is generally considered to be transmitted by droplets. In temperate climates in ei...
（华中科技大学同济医学院附属协和医院１．医院感染管理科；２．感染性疾病科，湖北武汉 ４３００２２ ）［摘 要］ 目的 了解医院消毒供应中心规范（ＷＳ３１０—２０１６）三项标准实施以后湖北省医疗机构外来医疗器械及植入物的管理情况。方法 根据ＷＳ３１０．１—２０１６要求，设计问卷调查表，采用多阶段分层随机...
Susceptibility to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the risk of mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA) is largely unknown. PLWHA are unique due to their altered immune system from...
Pus on the tonsils, tender lymph nodes, fever and absence of cough point to possible strep infection. However, she says, if a patient only meets two of these criteria, the likelihood of strep is so low that testing is not recommended. In that case, supportive care is advised rather than...
Health care workers (HCW) are a high-risk population to acquire SARS-CoV-2 infection from patients or other fellow HCW. This study aims at estimating the seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in a random sample of HCW from a large hospital in Spain. Of the 578 participants recruited from 28 ...
If there was contact with a COVID-19 case in the private setting or there was no contact situa- tion within the healthcare facility within the last 14 days, this was categorized as a community-acquired COVID- 19 infection. Data analysis Descriptive analysis of frequency and duration of long...
HBV infection can be chronic, especially if it occurs before 5 years of age, and chronicity results in an increased risk of death from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in the long term1. In 2019, it was estimated that 296 million people were living with chronic HBV infection, resulting...
“Post COVID-19 condition occurs in individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually 3 months from the onset of COVID-19 with symptoms that last for at least 2 months and cannot be explained by an alternative diagnosis”3. The global prevalence of this ...