For example, a large, urban, university hospital in Chicago has vastly different infection risks than a small rural hospital in Florida. Because every hospital is different, it is important to identify what infection risks can potentially impact your organization and tailor your infection prevention ...
Learning to identify the type of malware you are confronting is important, as this will help you understand how it will behave and what response to take. Determine the scope of the infection, the initial infection vector to prevent reinfection, and whether data exfiltration has occurred. This...
Fear:Some individuals may develop a fear of being bitten again, making them hyper-aware of their surroundings and hesitant to sleep in unfamiliar environments. This fear can manifest as checking bedding, furniture, and luggage, especially when traveling or staying in hotels. Helplessness:Dealing wit...
Once a group of STEC cases with the same DNA fingerprint of STEC cases is identified, public health staff compare interviews of these cases and initiate further investigation (with local, state, and federal epidemiology, laboratory, environmental health/regulatory partners) to identify the outbreak ve...
When your lawn starts to look more pink than green, that means something weird is growing on your grass –– fungus! But not every fungal disease is pink or comes with a batch of mushrooms (which, no, you shouldn’t eat). Learn how to identify and treat lawn fungus so you can keep...
The major issue that Aikin and McGill-Rutherford identify with ancient Stoicism treatment of women is what they refer to as the “social standing problem.” Several Stoics were explicit in acknowledging the importance of circumstances to help us practice virtue: Seneca, for instance, says that we...
to consider how privacy (self-focused) and social (other-focused) calculus have moved some issues outside in (caused by a shift in what is considered socially appropriate) and others inside out (caused by a shift in what information should be shared for the public good). We identify a ...
If you haveringworm on your scalp, in addition to taking a prescription pill, your doctor may advise you to use an antifungal shampoo, such asketoconazole shampoo(Nizoral), to keep the infection from spreading. Other family members may also need to use it to avoid catching ringworm. ...
The highly contagious nature of COVID-19 necessitated the ability to rapidly identify and quarantine infected individuals. While the need for widespread testing for COVID-19 was clear, it also quickly became apparent that each method of testing had its own set of benefits and drawbacks. Tests pe...
Inflammation is our body’s natural response to injury or infection, but this process can be triggered by other mechanisms, including by the so-called ‘inflammasome’, which acts like an alarm within our body’s cells, triggering inflammation to help protect our body when it senses damage. Bu...