Top 10 infection control stories, June 26-30

Possible equipment contamination at a Maryland hospital, why one Michigan hospital uses a gong in the operating room and three human plague cases in New Mexico captured the attention of readers last week.

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Here are the 10 most read articles from Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality for the week of June 19, starting with the most popular.

1. Largo Medical Center warns 23 patients of possible equipment contamination

2. Why one Michigan hospital uses a gong in the OR

3. A new warrior in the sepsis fight: Dedicated sepsis nurses

4. Arkansas VA hospital temporarily closes beds as it deals with staffing issues

5. Nursing home employees continue to post nude pictures of residents on social media: 5 things to know

6. 3 hospitalized for plague in New Mexico

7. Antibiotic stewardship highly effective in reducing drug-resistant bacteria, C. diff infections

8. Drug cocktail of vitamin B, C & corticosteroids, could lower rates of sepsis shock, death

9. E-book for nurses aims to reduce 3 common HAIs

10. New antibiotic-resistant gene discovered in E. coli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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