Infectious Diseases
The Infectious diseases topic features the latest news, guidelines, education, EMS training and tips related to infection control and EMS role in prevention the transmission of and caring for patients with infectious diseases.
LA County Fire Department rapidly implements a COVID-19 exposure tracking system based on community paramedicine to measure personnel risk
The businesses that equip and serve first responders are supporting the national emergency response with new products, free services and donations
EMS grand rounds presentation focuses on proper PPE, endotracheal intubation and infection control
The experimental treatment involves giving the patient a disabled form of AIDS to reprogram the immune system
The mosquitoes would pass on a defect to the next generation causing them to die before maturation
The FDA wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to the meningitis outbreak almost a decade ago
Health officials had warned earlier this year that Brian Benoit may have tampered with drugs during a six-week period in summer 2011
After receiving complaints of shipments of the tainted steroids, the director failed to act
It is unclear how this second patient contracted the virus, but he had not traveled outside of Riyadh
FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg will appear in court on Nov. 14
Officials say they cannot say specifically why their products were recalled, only that their sterility can not be assured
From vampires to voodoo priests, here are some spooky calls we hope you never have to handle
Firefighter Doug Waller died 6 years ago after contracting the virus while on the job
The doctor reportedly ordered extra tests on spinal fluid of a patient which may have prompted the national alert of the infection
The Novartis flu shots may have small particles that could cause adverse reactions
Health officials caution however that new infections will still be coming and as well as more deaths
The World Health Organization estimates about 8.7 million new cases of TB last year
Sundland Inc. may not resume making peanut butter for another two months after 35 have been sickened
One child has died from the outbreak, officials say they haven’t identified a specific source
The treatment involves processing blood and re-injecting it into a person, promising a more youthful appearance
New England Compound Center had allegedly produced a shot that killed an 83-year-old man
New England Compounding Center has voluntarily surrendered its license to operate
The farm was tied to a recent salmonella outbreak
A paramedic only gave the girl’s parents Tamiflu
The paramedic reportedly tampered with powerful painkillers and sedatives and administered them to patients
The 49-year-old man from Qatar is being treated in the ICU at a London hospital
About 2,000 villages have been hit by the overflowing waters
The boy is the 7th person at the NIH Hospital to die from the bug
The woman was trying to save her friend’s choking cat when the feline bit her
It is believed girl caught disease from burying dead squirrel
So far this year, 1,590 cases have been reported and 66 deaths
Tevita Alatini died after the infection spread to his muscle tissue, no word on how he contracted the infection
Federal health officials say the sickened live in 16 states and the cases started in July