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Hospital amoxicillin supply not keeping up with surging demand

December 16, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The twin surges in influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) across the United States are causing more than capacity issues for hospitals. Patients with RSV are often susceptible to bacterial in...

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Holiday decorations, part two: They’re nice but not if they spread infection

December 14, 2022

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Holiday decorations can be infectious. And not in a good way, if they are in your hospital corridors and waiting areas. ...

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Antibiotic stewardship updates from Joint Commission effective January 1, 2023

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

Robert Campbell, PharmD, BCSCP, director of Medication Management and of TJC’s Standards Interpretation Group, gave a presentation about the antibiotic stewardship standards at TJC’s annual Executive ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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TJC: Antibiotic stewardship updates effective January 1, 2023

December 16, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The Joint Commission (TJC) has several updated antibiotic stewardship elements of performance (EP) that will take effect on January 1, 2023. These EPs include requirements to have an antibiotic stewar...

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Clean those glucometers and trash the household spoons in surgery

December 06, 2022

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

In the last few months, surveyors have been repeatedly tagging the failure to properly clean glucometers, and the use of common household items as surgical instruments. Both of these citations could p...

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Meet mpox; World Health Organization renames monkeypox virus

December 16, 2025

Infection Control, Health Equity

On November 28, The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it would start referring to the monkeypox virus as “mpox,” in an attempt to stymie racist and stigmatizing associations. ...

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Researchers link 266K avertable deaths to COVID vaccination rates

December 16, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The United States would have averted 266,700 deaths during the Delta and Omicron spikes of the COVID-19 pandemic if the excess all-cause mortality rate nationally matched that of the 10-most vaccinate...

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RSV rates rise, pose threat to children

December 16, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

“Tripledemic” is not a word anyone wanted in their lexicon, but it’s one being used to describe a triple threat of respiratory disease this winter—COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus ...

Medical Environment Update

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Navigating our way out of the acute pandemic hand hygiene slump: A back-to-basics approach

December 16, 2025

Infection Control, Laboratory Safety, Patient Safety, Healthcare Staff

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on healthcare, and its burden on the medical system and healthcare workers (HCW) has led to negative patient safety consequences. Numerous publications h...

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13.9% of adults who test positive for COVID-19 experience long COVID, study finds

December 16, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

The World Health Organization has defined long COVID as a syndrome that occurs three months after a COVID-19 infection, with symptoms that last for at least two months. Long COVID symptoms include cou...

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Hospital amoxicillin supply not keeping up with surging demand

Holiday decorations, part two: They’re nice but not if they spread infection

Antibiotic stewardship updates from Joint Commission effective January 1, 2023

TJC: Antibiotic stewardship updates effective January 1, 2023

Clean those glucometers and trash the household spoons in surgery

Meet mpox; World Health Organization renames monkeypox virus

Researchers link 266K avertable deaths to COVID vaccination rates

RSV rates rise, pose threat to children

Navigating our way out of the acute pandemic hand hygiene slump: A back-to-basics approach

13.9% of adults who test positive for COVID-19 experience long COVID, study finds

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