Infection Control

McLaren Flint (Mich.) Hospital was a source of Legionella bacteria for more than a decade, according to CDC documents obtained by ABC affiliate WJRT. 

Two employees at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital say roaches have been roaming the hospital's kitchen for about a month, local CBS and FOX affiliate Action News Jax reports. 

Several hospitals in Los Angeles County are preparing for the possibility of restrategizing care delivery in the coming weeks amid growing COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Mississippi hospitals must delay elective surgeries that require an inpatient stay starting this week, according to state health officials.

With COVID-19 hospitalizations in New Mexico nearly tripling since early November, the state placed a temporary ban on nonessential surgeries and OK'd "crisis care" standards Dec. 10 — a measure that would allow for care rationing based on patients' chance…

Providence launched an online "heat map" Dec. 10 to let members of the public see how prevalent COVID-19 is across the geographic areas where the Renton, Wash.-based health system treats patients.

Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital fired longtime employee Lisa Amorosi Dec. 1 for refusing to get a flu shot after citing bad reactions from past flu vaccines, The Post Star reports. 

Flu vaccine doses in the U.S. reached 188 million as of Nov. 27, a record number during a single flu season, according to the CDC's Weekly National Influenza Dashboard Dec. 9 update. 

U.S. hospitals saw improvement fighting bloodstream and urinary tract infections rates last year, according to the CDC's 2019 National and State HAI Progress Report. 

Meal breaks offer healthcare workers crucial time to eat and reenergize amid a hectic shift. But in the era of COVID-19, meal breaks may also pose an infection risk, as staff members must take their masks or respirators off to…