Infection Control

A COVID-19 outbreak at St. Michael Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., is linked to confirmed cases for at least 30 staff members and 15 patients, according to the Kitsap Sun. 

A woman in Texas transmitted the new coronavirus to her infant during her pregnancy, physicians report.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices shared updated flu vaccine recommendations for the 2020-21 season in its most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Aug. 21.

Only one-third of N95 masks made overseas and approved for emergency use during the pandemic consistently tested above 95 percent particulate filtration efficiency, according to a federal report published Aug. 19.

After discovering a room full of N95 masks hanging on clotheslines, some employees claim Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center is recycling masks for staff, Mid-Hudson News reports. 

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu temporarily closed its adult intensive care unit after staff were exposed to COVID-19, according to local news station KHON2.

Neck gaiters are still a viable option to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and are likely better than wearing no mask at all, researchers and health experts told The New York Times.

A Georgia school district has told 925 students and staff to quarantine a week after schools reopened, according to NBC affiliate WXIA.

Wearing bandanas or neck gaiters as face coverings to protect against COVID-19 may actually do more harm than not wearing a mask at all, a study published in Science Advances found.

The CDC closed some offices it leases in Atlanta after property managers discovered Legionella bacteria in water systems, reports CNN.