Top 10 infection control stories, Jan. 23-27

Flu season, a rare rat virus infecting humans and new sepsis treatment guidelines piqued the interest of readers last week.

The following are the 10 most-read articles from Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of Jan. 23, starting with the most popular.

1. CDC: Flu hospitalizations, outpatient visits continue to rise

2. Rare rat virus infects humans in Wisconsin, Illinois: 7 things to know

3. New sepsis treatment guidelines: 5 things to know

4. 10 top patient safety issues for 2017

5. Sepsis causes more readmissions than COPD, heart failure, heart attack and pneumonia

6. California SNF fined $100k over safety violations that led to patient's death

7. Nearly 200 employees, patients potentially exposed to TB at Seattle hospital

8. UPMC finds mold at outsourced laundry facility; presents possible link to 5 patient deaths

9. Antibiotics primary driver for rise in C. diff infections, study finds

10. 3k patients of MUSC Health warned of heater-cooler-related infection risks

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