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WHO IPC Core Components
While I had seen the WHO IPC Core Components, I have totally missed the great video they made. Thus, with no further comment, here the link to this well-made video. Just in case that the link via the...
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Contact Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE
by Andreas Voss and Eli Perencevich, intentionally posted on “Reflections” and “Controversies” at the same time as a reaction to the JAMA Viewpoint by Morgan, Wenzel & Bearman During the recent...
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The antibiotic course has had its day?
In a recent BMJ article, Llewelyn et al. argue that the old dogma of completing a prescribed course of antibiotics to prevent antibiotic-resistance is a myth, not based on evidence. Actually the...
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Shortages
Shortages?! Slowly, I get used to it. Basic antibiotics such as penicillins, CHX-wipes, or now, mupirocin. From what I hear we have to expect severe shortages (= no product) for the next few months....
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Working while sick
Compared with the general population, healthcare workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of being exposed to respiratory pathogens including flu, causing a potential threat for their own health and...
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Persistence and transmission of Candida auris on and from gloves
Interesting results from Jabeen et al. that many of us might have missed, as they are published in a mycology journal and not in an infection control journal. Persistence of Candida spp. on latex and...
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COVID-19 and my idea on masks
Next to the idea that we see many contraptions (you can’t even call them masks) we see many people with all kind of masks, in and outside our healthcare settings. Certainly after my last flight to a...
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COVID-19 Preparedness Survey
After discussions on IPC measures for COVID-19, some members of ISAC’s IPC working group decided to created a survey. The group would very much appreciate your participation:...
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COVID-19 and a lack of PPEs
By Andreas Voss, Jan Kluytmans and Alexander Friedrich As the surge of COVID-19 cases is hitting some of the Dutch hospitals hard, healthcare, in the areas being overwhelmed with cases, experience a...
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COVID-19 and Q-fever: random observation or something to evaluate?
“The course of an epidemic is defined by a series of key factors, some of which are poorly understood at present for COVID-19” (Roy Anderson Lancet, March 9th)While several of the factors are obvious...
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