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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released a number of resources and is planning activities in honor of 2018 International Infection Prevention Week, from Oct. 14-20.

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined hand hygiene rates at five tertiary care facilities over six months.

Global Handwashing Day is celebrated annually on October 15 to increase awareness and understanding of the antimicrobial benefits of proper hand hygiene, according to the CDC.

The CDC withdrew its Ebola experts from an outbreak zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to security concerns, according to STAT.

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center demonstrated high one-year transplant survival rates for kidney and liver recipients, according to transplant data the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients released Oct. 9.

Congressional committee leaders sent letters to the operators of hundreds of U.S. maternity hospitals, requesting answers about maternal deaths, childbirth injuries and what steps they're taking to curb them, according to USA Today.

Pennsylvania health officials reported over 302,000 medical errors and hospital-acquired infections in 2017, prompting hospital leaders to discuss best care practices, according to Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority data cited by The Morning Call.

Medical schools across the U.S. are implementing programs to introduce students to healthy, active elders in an effort to ensure medical students have an accurate perception of these patients, according to The New York Times.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry on Oct. 12 confirmed the first case of a United Nations employee contracting Ebola in the country's ongoing outbreak, reports Reuters.