Infection Control

A total of 113 patients across several states may have contracted tuberculosis after having spinal surgery or fracture repairs involving a contaminated bone repair product, The Washington Post reported June 18. The CDC, FDA and state health departments are investigating…

A new study suggests biopsy specimens are retained in gastrointestinal endoscopes about two-thirds of the time, reports Medscape. 

In most cases, samples from blood donors do not need to be tested for SARS-CoV-2, with current blood donor screening guidelines safe to continue following, the National Institutes of Health said June 1. 

Six patients and employees at Presque Isle, Maine-based Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, the hospital said June 1.

Infectious disease physicians had an average income of $245,000 in 2020, down from $256,000 in 2019, according to Medscape's infectious diseases physician compensation report published May 14. 

The following hospitals had the lowest rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the U.S., according to data from CMS' Hospital Compare website.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the House Committee on Appropriations to allocate more funding to fight antibiotic resistance on a federal level.

Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington, W. Va., has detected Legionella bacteria in the water supply at an administration building, the West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources said April 27. 

Hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers at the University of Chicago Medical Center soared early in the pandemic, but fell back to pre-pandemic levels after just four months, according to a study published April 26 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Sholom Community Alliance nursing home in St. Louis Park, Minn., has paid $27,100 in fines after an employee died from the coronavirus last May, the StarTribune reported April 25.