By Douglas MacQueen, MD
This season there are two infections in the headlines that are important to discuss: influenza and pertussis. Both are preventable with vaccination and both have been prevalent this year.
Influenza and Whooping Cough
Preventing Transmission of Dangerous Staph Germs
By Sandra Cooley, RN, CIC
In spring of 2007, the Ithaca Journal ran an Associated Press article entitled “Dangerous staph germ far more common than thought.” The article summarized the results of a nationwide study conducted by the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) on the prevalence of hospital- and health-care-acquired MRSA (methcillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) infections.