Infection Control Today


	APRIL 7, 2020


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	COVID-19 Game Changer: Newly Approved Machine Can Decontaminate 80,000 Respirator Masks Per Day

The machine is said to be able to decontaminate the same respirator mask up to 20 times without degrading the mask’s performance.

As COVID-19 Knocks on Nursing Homes’ Doors, Full-Time Infection Preventionists Needed More Than Ever

Mortality rates from COVID-19 increase with the presence of heart or chronic respiratory diseases, which are common in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

Just How to Investigate an Outbreak: Evolution of the Interrogative Process From SARS to COVID-19

Over the last decade, the world has experienced many outbreaks, pandemics and epidemics, from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) to H1N1 influenza and now COVID-19.

NICUs Offer Infection Preventionists Opportunity to Show Their Worth

Although all patients require vigilant infection prevention measures and the goal should always be zero infections, the stakes are sometimes higher in the NICU, as infections there have higher potential for death.

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