Advent Health Celebration in Celebration, Florida experienced a sudden cluster of neurosurgical infections and immediately implemented a collaborative approach to handle the crisis. In particular, they faced an outbreak of the bacterium Serratia marsescens, linked to craniotomy procedures. The Infection Preventionist (IP) played a critical role in responding to this situation in real time, thanks…
Recently, Dr. Katherine Wells, Director of Lubbock Public Health in Texas, released an alarming prediction during a press briefing held on March 18th. She insinuated that the ongoing measles outbreak ravaging through Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, could potentially linger for up to a year. The outbreak, which has conspicuously spread through rural regions and…