As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Increase Alarmingly, Workers and Patients Call for Better Standards.

K Kavanagh - Infection Control Today, 2023 - go.gale.com
After almost 4 years of COVID with over 10,000 patients currently hospitalized, a 22%
increase over last week, one must ask, what has the CDC been doing? According to many …

Do we put frontline healthcare workers at more risk with the current CDC and WHO recommendations for ending isolation and precautions?

C Sun, MA Ahmed, NH Kim, P Thapa… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
272 Chenyu Sun et al https://doi. org/10.1017/ice. 2020.1402 Published online by
Cambridge University Press symptom onset. Recently, isolation and precautions of an ICU …

Harmonizing the COVID-19 cacophony: People need guidance

TB Arif, A Ali - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Moreover, during SARS outbreak, N95 respirators were perceived to be difficult to tolerate
by healthcare workers due to their association with impaired mental performance and …

COVID-19 and use of non-traditional masks: how do various materials compare in reducing the risk of infection for mask wearers?

AM Wilson, SE Abney, MF King… - Journal of …, 2020 - journalofhospitalinfection.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has
increased demands for surgical and respirator masks for healthcare workers (HCWs) and …

Effectiveness of personal protective equipment—yes, the buck and virus can stop here

AC Howell, L Havens, W Swinford… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
4. Leung NH, Chu DK, Shiu EY, et al. Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and
efficacy of face masks. Nat Med 2020; 26: 676–680. 5. Mermel LA. Respiratory protection for …

Local, state and federal face mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic

JA Guzman-Cottrill, AN Malani, DJ Weber… - Infection Control & …, 2021 - cambridge.org
It has been well established that severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is spread primarily through …

Universal masking to control healthcare-associated transmission of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

ER Thompson, FS Williams, PA Giacin… - Infection Control & …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objectives: To assess extent of a healthcare-associated outbreak of severe acute respiratory
coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to evaluate the effectiveness of infection control …

APIC urges healthcare workers to continue masking despite CDC pullback.

J Bush - McKnight's Long-Term Care News, 2022 - go.gale.com
A major association for infection prevention professionals is strongly urging its members to
continue masking in patient care areas even though the Centers for Disease Control and …

Simplifying Infection Preventionist Requirements From the COVID-19 Pandemic.

R Leach - Infection Control Today, 2023 - go.gale.com
As we engage in the world, it appears the public considers the COVID-19 pandemic to be
over or not as pressing. For those still working the front lines of COVID-19 response, we …

[PDF][PDF] Infection Control in ICU: What an intensivist can do to reduce ICU-acquired infections

RN Faruq, A An-noor - bsccmjournal.org
Accepted: March 13, 2024 1 2 receptor antagonists) has been associated with an increased
risk of CDI. The risk of CDI ranges from 1.4 to 2.75 times higher among patients with PPI …