In recent times, the critical role that infection control plays in safeguarding patient health has been brought to sharper focus as various healthcare systems have coped with infection-related crises. We have seen the painful consequences when these prevention systems falter, ranging from an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica in France tied to unpasteurized cheese, a surge…
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has recently reported an outbreak of measles in the southwest part of the state. With a total of 23 confirmed cases of the contagious infection being flagged so far, the correlation between the spread of measles and the vaccination status of the population is becoming clearer. Alarmingly, almost…
An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Candida auris in a Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) in Illinois has brought the continuing challenges of infection regulation to light in high-aspect clinical environments. Despite intensive containment endeavours, Candida auris, a novel fungal pathogen with extensive drug resistance and environmental persistence, continued to propagate, illustrating a dire need for advanced…
Griffith University's senior lecturer and program advisor for the Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program, Peta-Anne Zimmerman, has been closely following the recent development of a spike in the 'NSW scabies outbreak' Google searches. Her affiliations with esteemed organizations like the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, the Global Outbreak alert and Response…