Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Researchers Discover Ease of Acinetobacter Transmission Via PPE, Unwashed Hands
Infection Control Today Items of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gowns and gloves, as well as the unwashed hands of healthcare workers, are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, which they say is more easily transmitted than previously thought. Daniel J. Morgan, MD, of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the University [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Senator Robert Byrd dies after fighting persistent infections
Senator Robert Byrd passed away at 3 am this morning. He had been admitted to the hospital yet again after more than a year of fighting an infection/infections which originated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. “Byrd, who entered the Senate in 1959 and is the longest- serving member of the upper house in history, [...]
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