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California hospital testing all employees for COVID-19 after staff outbreak
Healdsburg District Hospital in California undertook a daylong effort Oct. 26 to test all of its staff members for COVID-19 after 14 employees contracted the virus this month, reports KTVU. -
CDC launches $180M infection control training program
The CDC unveiled a national infection control training initiative Oct. 28 known as Project Firstline to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases in healthcare settings. -
COVID-19 outbreak grows at Washington hospital, investigation launched
Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan health system is working with its local health department to investigate an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at St. Joseph Medical Center, reports The News Tribune. -
New York restricts hospital, nursing home visits in COVID-19 "red zones"
As New York sees an increase in COVID-19 clusters, hospital and nursing home visits are banned in areas designated as COVID-19 red zones, reports syracuse.com. -
VA hospitals' antibiotic use has increased amid pandemic, study finds
Antibiotic use has increased at Veterans Affairs hospitals during the pandemic, reversing a four-year trend of reduced use, according to a study presented at IDWeek 2020. -
Michigan to fund infection control training for direct care workers
The Michigan Department of Public Health and Human Services will provide $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funding to make free infection control training available for direct care workers, the state said Oct. 22. -
17 states with hospital staff flu shot requirements
About one-third of states require hospitals to offer employees flu shots or track their vaccination statuses to help boost flu vaccination rates in healthcare settings, according to a new ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation. -
Outbreak tied to 57 COVID-19 cases contained, Brigham and Women's says
An outbreak potentially tied to 57 COVID-19 cases at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has been contained, according to a hospital news release Oct. 16. -
Kaiser cited over lack of COVID-19 airborne precautions
California officials cited Kaiser Permante for failing to treat COVID-19 as an airborne disease at a psychiatric facility in Santa Clara, reports CALMatters, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom. -
West Virginia hospital outbreak tied to 59 COVID-19 cases
Fifty-nine cases have been reported in a COVID-19 outbreak at Huntington, W.Va.-based Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital as of Oct. 14, reports WV MetroNews. -
Coronavirus can survive 28 days on some surfaces
The novel coronavirus can survive on common surfaces for up to 28 days, according to an Australian study published Oct. 12 in Virology Journal. -
Sturdy Memorial Hospital COVID-19 cluster cases jump 10 in week
A COVID-19 cluster at Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital has expanded from three cases to 14, reports The Boston Globe. -
OSHA fines 28 US hospitals, nursing homes for COVID-19 safety violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited more than 25 healthcare facilities for COVID-19 safety violations, totaling fines of at least $285,000. -
COVID-19 cluster at Brigham and Women's tops 50 cases
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has now reported 52 COVID-19 cases tied to an outbreak affecting two inpatient units. -
Massachusetts hospital bans visitors amid COVID-19 cluster
Attleboro, Mass.-based Sturdy Memorial Hospital banned visitors Oct. 1 after announcing a COVID-19 cluster involving three patients. -
Device used in cardiothoracic surgery poses infection risk, FDA warns
The FDA is warning healthcare providers of a potential infection risk linked to heater-cooler devices used during cardiothoracic surgery. -
First person cured of HIV dies at 54
Timothy Ray Brown — the first person to be cured of HIV in 2018 — has died of cancer at age 54, according to the International AIDS Society. -
Nurses call for more safety measures as COVID-19 cases tied to Boston hospital cluster climb to 42
Nurses at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital are calling for more safety measures as a COVID-19 cluster tied to the hospital climbs from 19 to at least 42 cases, according to NBC10 Boston. -
Brigham and Women's works to control COVID-19 cluster affecting 10 in med-surg units
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital is working to curb the spread of COVID-19 after reporting a cluster of cases in two of its medical-surgical units, reports The Boston Globe. -
COVID-19 viral load high in patient bathrooms, research shows
An analysis of global research shows that patient bathrooms, staff and public areas of hospitals contain high amounts of SARS-CoV-2 in the air, although the infectivity of these samples is still unclear.
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