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Touch of gray: A new wave of #infection #preventionists needed as old guard stands down https://t.co/ZiG6KXCZ4w

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Critics: Study questioning science behind flu shot mandates of healthcare workers beset by variables of its own https://t.co/AKXUbH8HT4

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A devastating deconstruction of the clinical trials used to support flu shot mandates for health workers https://t.co/AKXUbH8HT4

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OSHA finally reaches basecamp on antiviolence regulation for healthcare, but it's a long climb to the summit https://t.co/bphmgNwYH6

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Seven years before the mast. It will take a long sail around the horn for an OSHA antiviolence reg. https://t.co/bphmgNwYH6

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#OSHA violence reg for #healthcare may be a long shot, but it goes beyond academic discussion. This is an outrage: https://t.co/csbM0HBBZ2

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APIC puts CMS antibiotic stewardship, CDC healthcare infection surveillance at top of legislative agenda https://t.co/cz0tNGEdxZ

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Common ground for common good? Hospital patients threatened by deadly healthcare bugs trump (sorry) politics. https://t.co/cz0tNGEdxZ

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CDC studying feasibility of observing, tracking PPE use by healthcare workers in wake of Ebola https://t.co/G9Wh7nkBjX

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A bug’s life – and our own. We are covered in bacteria and that is a very good thing. https://t.co/FnslQF12SM

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Don't throw out the bacteria with the antibiotic bath. The microbiome functions essentially like a human organ https://t.co/FnslQF12SM

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#Healthcare workers cite work culture barriers to reporting violent incidents. Is the customer/patient always right? https://t.co/Knz4DN4fm8

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Between 2010-2014 #JointCommission reports 19 shootings in accredited healthcare settings, resulting in 27 deaths: https://t.co/Knz4DN4fm8

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The #JointCommission creates healthcare violence prevention portal to help hospitals respond to growing threat: https://t.co/Knz4DN4fm8

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Male reproductive system already Zika friendly, could prostate cancer treatment clear way for viral replication? https://t.co/s5At5MwOpR

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Fatal U.S. Zika patient had prior radiation treatment for prostate
cancer, may explain extreme viral titer https://t.co/s5At5MwOpR

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FDA says all states prepare to screen blood for Zika, with FL immediately and 11 other states within 4-weeks https://t.co/wwE5QkvVJS

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Tampa #Zika case 1 of 5 new non-travel cases, other 4 in Miami-Dade. FL now reports 42 non-travel-related cases https://t.co/u5lfkfCKBe

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Will Zika in FL be a hit-and-run outbreak like mosquito-borne dengue, chikungunya in the Sunshine State? https://t.co/u5lfkfCKBe