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Hot Topics for IPC on July 2, 2025 |
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Thursday, July 03, 2025 11:34 AM |
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This Hot Topics for IPC covers the latest on ASPR, AMR, vaccines, and a study on AMR and livestock manure from Michigan State University. Read more. |
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UB research deepens understanding of oral disorders by targeting gene linked to tooth enamel |
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Thursday, July 03, 2025 11:30 AM |
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A University at Buffalo research team led by oral biologist Dr. Hyuk-Jae (Edward) Kwon has advanced the understanding of genetic disorders that weaken tooth enamel by turning off a gene known as KMT2D in mice. Read more. |
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Understanding tuberculosis (TB): Symptoms, risks, and infection control guidelines |
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Thursday, July 03, 2025 10:35 AM |
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Learn more about active tuberculosis, a highly contagious infectious disease. The author provides infection control guidelines for health-care workers and a protocol for screening for TB in new hires as well as how to handle exposure to TB. Read more. |
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Expert strategies unveiled to tackle fractured instruments in dental procedures |
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Thursday, July 03, 2025 10:29 AM |
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An expert consensus addresses the critical issue of instrument separation during root canal therapy, a common complication that jeopardizes treatment success. Read more. |
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IZ Express #1,821: June ACIP meeting summary, Let’s Get Real About Vaccines website, and more |
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Wednesday, July 02, 2025 01:02 PM |
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IZ Express #1,821: June ACIP meeting summary, Let’s Get Real About Vaccines website, and more. Read more. |
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NIH study links particulate air pollution to increased mutations in lung cancers among nonsmokers |
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Wednesday, July 02, 2025 11:30 AM |
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Whole-genome sequencing study found air pollution to cause more cancer-related changes than secondhand smoke. Read more. |
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Dental Professionals: A Layered Defense |
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Wednesday, July 02, 2025 10:54 AM |
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Dental infection control expert Sherrie Busby tackles PPE missteps, from chin-bra masks to cropped lab coats, reminding dental teams that proper protection is crucial, not optional. Read more. |
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Joint Commission to cut more than 700 hospital standards in accreditation overhaul |
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Tuesday, July 01, 2025 03:23 PM |
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The Joint Commission has unveiled an overhaul to its healthcare accreditation and certification process that will cut hundreds of requirements for hospitals, streamline patient safety practices and give stakeholders as well as the public a clearer look into what’s expected of an accredited facility. Read more. |
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After Cancer Treatment, an Oral Health Challenge |
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Tuesday, July 01, 2025 03:09 PM |
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Head and neck cancer survivors often encounter serious after-effects of radiation, surgery, and chemo. Oral surgeons can help. Read more. |
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Virginia - Infection Prevention Educator Roadshow: Central |
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Tuesday, July 01, 2025 03:03 PM |
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The 2025 Infection Prevention Educator Roadshow is back with 5 in-person sessions across Virginia this summer! Hosted by the VDH HAI & AR Program, this no cost one-day event offers hands-on training and practical teaching strategies for those who educate healthcare workers. Read more. |
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OSHA proposes removing remaining requirements of its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard |
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Tuesday, July 01, 2025 12:10 PM |
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration June 30 released a proposed rule to remove what remains of its emergency temporary standard for occupational exposure to COVID-19 that had required certain health care employers to protect workers in health care settings from exposure to the virus that caused COVID-19. Specifically, the proposal would remove the recordkeeping and reporting requirements imposed on covered health care employers related to health care workers with COVID-19. Read more. |
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Beyond the Horizon: Creative Frontiers for Advancing Occupational Safety |
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Tuesday, July 01, 2025 11:57 AM |
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Here are 10 new strategies to improve safety, culture and performance throughout an organization. Read more. |
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Legionella Detected at Michigan Health Facility |
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Monday, June 30, 2025 04:58 PM |
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Case follows a similar finding of Legionnaires’ disease in a former patient. Read more. |
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UM School of Medicine research reveals alarming health and resource burden of sleep apnea among U.S. active-duty military |
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Monday, June 30, 2025 03:35 PM |
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With more than 1 in 10 Americans suffering from obstructive sleep apnea putting them at increased risk of heart problems and other health ills, a new study conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) carefully analyzed the toll that this sleep disorder takes on U.S. active-duty military members, and their analysis was alarming: They found that soldiers with sleep apnea who are serving on the front lines are more than four times more likely to experience post traumatic stress disorder and three times more likely to suffer a traumatic brain injury compared to those who don’t have the condition. Read more. |
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Genetic ancestry linked to risk of severe dengue |
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Monday, June 30, 2025 03:29 PM |
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For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening doors to new treatments and vaccines for the most common mosquito-borne disease worldwide. The study was published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC and Instituto Aggeu Magalhães in Brazil. Read more. |
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Joint Commission Launches a Transformative Approach to Healthcare Accreditation |
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Monday, June 30, 2025 03:06 PM |
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Joint Commission today launched Accreditation 360: The New Standard, a transformational approach to hospital and healthcare accreditation and certification. Leveraging data analytics with a focus on benchmarking and outcomes, Accreditation 360 is designed to dramatically streamline and simplify processes, provide better support, and more efficiently share best practices across the healthcare ecosystem, ultimately redefining how the healthcare industry delivers the highest levels of healthcare quality and safety. Read more. |
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US Medical Community Issues Letter to Public on Value of Respiratory Vaccines |
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Monday, June 30, 2025 10:27 AM |
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The letter’s timing coincided with the first meeting of the reconstituted ACIP, which met June 25 and 26 to discuss COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and other vaccines. Read more. |
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Takeaways from interviews with families forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent |
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Sunday, June 29, 2025 12:07 PM |
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In the time before widespread vaccination , devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. Read more. |
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SCOTUS rules USPSTF constitutional, protecting free preventive care, but concerns remain |
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Sunday, June 29, 2025 11:51 AM |
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The Supreme Court decided 6-3 to protect no-cost preventive health care. Read more. |
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Top 5 Infectious Disease News Stories Week of June 21-28 |
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Saturday, June 28, 2025 01:37 PM |
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This week, the ACIP recommends clesrovimab for RSV protection in infants under 8 months without maternal immunity, ASMicrobe talk urges for creative funding solutions amid federal freezes to sustain research and careers, and more. Read more. |
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Collaboration between antibiotic stewardship, infection prevention is imperative |
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Saturday, June 28, 2025 12:15 PM |
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As I head into my 25th year of working as a clinical infectious diseases pharmacist, one of the most important working relationships of my career is with the infection prevention department. Read more. |
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WHO Scientific advisory group issues report on origins of COVID-19 |
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Friday, June 27, 2025 01:22 PM |
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The WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a panel of 27 independent, international, multidisciplinary experts, today published its report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more. |
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CDC Partner Call: 2025 U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) |
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Friday, June 27, 2025 12:10 PM |
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Join us September 16, 2025, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shares plans in advance of this year’s U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW), held annually during November 18-24. CDC’s theme for USAAW this year is, “Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance Takes All of Us,” and during the call, CDC will discuss key events, new resources, and other communications activities highlighting the theme. Read more. |
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Top 10 states for healthcare data breaches |
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Friday, June 27, 2025 12:04 PM |
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Healthcare has become the most targeted U.S. critical infrastructure industry by hackers. But which states have been impacted the most by the breaches? Read more. |
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Study finds that common bacteria in the mouth can help predict the progression of head and neck cancer |
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Friday, June 27, 2025 11:58 AM |
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Brazilian researchers identified the species Fusobacterium nucleatum in nearly 60% of cases, with a higher prevalence in oropharyngeal tumors. This microorganism has also been associated with the development of colorectal cancer. Read more. |
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Are Your OSHA and Infection Prevention Systems Up to Date—Or Just Handed Down? |
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Friday, June 27, 2025 11:38 AM |
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OSHA and infection-control compliance are non-negotiable in orthodontic practice—but misinformation still leads many teams astray. In this episode of the Orthodontic Products Podcast, host Alison Werner talks with consultants Andrea Cook and Jackie Dorst about how secondhand habits, vendor tips, and social-media chatter can expose practices to costly violations and erode patient trust. Read more. |
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MMWR Weekly - June 26, 2025 |
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 03:39 PM |
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Weekly / Vol. 74 / No. 23. Read more. |
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Legionella spp. in a Dental Office-Current State of Knowledge |
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 03:19 PM |
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Conditions in dental offices are conducive to Legionella pneumophila infections. Read more. |
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QPR: How dental professionals can help prevent suicide attempts |
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 03:08 PM |
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Consider taking classes in QPR to help those who are contemplating suicide—it may just save a patient's life. Read more. |
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Fred Hutch is one of the only centers in the region offering oral medicine services |
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 10:51 AM |
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Dental work and cancer: two things you may not immediately correlate. However, as one of the only centers in the region offering this unique and essential service, the Oral Medicine Service team at Fred Hutch Cancer Center addresses the complex oral health needs of patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and other cancer treatments. Read more. |
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Thursday, June 26, 2025 10:43 AM |
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Measles is a highly contagious virus with a primary case reproduction number (i.e., the average number of secondary cases per case patient) of 12 to 18. Read more. |
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CIDRAP launches vaccine committee to replace ACIP: 4 notes |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 12:35 PM |
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The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis is attempting to create its own vaccine committee to replace the dissolved Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, NBC News reported June 22. Read more. |
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HuffPost: Hand Sanitizer Isn't as Effective at Killing Germs as You Think—Here's What You Need to Know |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 12:29 PM |
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HuffPost recently interviewed infectious disease specialist Soniya Gandhi, MD, MPH, associate chief medical officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, about how to select the most effective hand sanitizer and why hand-washing is the better option for preventing sickness. Read more. |
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WHO - Development and implementation of national action plans for infection prevention and control: practical guide |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 12:15 PM |
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The practical guide provides a stepwise approach to the development and implementation of an infection prevention and control national action plan. Read more.
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Mouth germ linked to Parkinson's disease progression |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025 12:04 PM |
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A gum disease germ linked to Alzheimer’s disease may also be linked to advanced cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to a news release dated June 9 from King’s College London in the UK. Read more. |
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