The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Jan. 23, starting with the most popular.
1. CDC: Flu hospitalizations, outpatient visits continue to rise
2. Rare rat virus infects humans in Wisconsin, Illinois: 7 things to know
3. New sepsis treatment guidelines: 5 things to know
4. 10 top patient safety issues for 2017
5. Sepsis causes more readmissions than COPD, heart failure, heart attack and pneumonia
6. California SNF fined $100k over safety violations that led to patient’s death
7. Nearly 200 employees, patients potentially exposed to TB at Seattle hospital
8. UPMC finds mold at outsourced laundry facility; presents possible link to 5 patient deaths
9. Antibiotics primary driver for rise in C. diff infections, study finds
10. 3k patients of MUSC Health warned of heater-cooler-related infection risks
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