IDSA publishes new guidance on COVID-19 PPE use for healthcare workers
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 19, 2021
An Infectious Diseases Society of America panel has published updated recommendations for using personal protective equipment to safeguard healthcare workers from COVID-19.
New C. difficile treatment guidelines advise fidaxomicin over vancomycin
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 29, 2021
Fidaxomicin should be the antibiotic of choice when treating adults with Clostridioides difficile infection, according to new guidance from U.S. infectious disease experts. And monoclonal antibodies can...
New hand hygiene guidelines urge healthcare facilities to avoid certain soaps
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jul 17, 2014
Experts advise healthcare facilities to avoid a “heavily marketed” soap in updated hand hygiene guidelines published Wednesday.
Invite in infectious disease docs to LTC
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 22, 2014
If I’m predisposed to being fond of infectious disease physicians, it’s because I believe they offer insight beyond that of a general practitioner. This is not to say that a long-term care...
Highly deadly, antibiotic-resistant MRSA targeting older patients, study finds
Nov 04, 2009
A tough, virulent strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is five times more deadly than other MRSA strains, and typically affects older patients, according to new findings.
