The April 2026 issue of The Lancet Regional Health - Americas is now available online!

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In this issue: #USDietaryGuidelines, #NosocomialInfections, #LongCOVID, #OropoucheVirus, #RenalCellCarcinoma, #ColorectalCancer, #LungCancer, #YellowFever, #OpioidUseDisorder, and much more.

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#NosocomialInfections of #AirborneViruses continue to be an unnecessary & preventable risk for hospitalized patients -

Transcriptomic insights into nosocomial infection bacteria in conflict-affected Northeast Syria

[Publication] The article "Transcriptomic insights into nosocomial infection bacteria in conflict-affected Northeast Syria" is now available.

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#IDsky #AntimicrobialResistance #Transcriptomics #NosocomialInfections #NortheastSyria

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☝️Know what helps with nurse-patient ratios?

Masking up with #N95s & cleaning the air to prevent #COVID #Reinfections, #LongCOVID, all #AirborneViruses, & #NosocomialInfections.

Can training boost hand hygiene? Study finds TPB-based program improves nurses’ compliance. #HandHygiene #NosocomialInfections
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More than 70% of US household COVID spread started with a child, study suggests

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Imagine no more #NosocomialInfections.

Imagine no new cases of #LongCOVID.

Imagine keeping #Generation safe. Along with their families & communities -

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I realise that. I have made numerous posts about the risks of #NosocomialInfections. My partner recently survived 4x cycles of chemo with unmasked nurses, & several surgeries & long hospital stays too. My son with Long COVID, a 5- day hospitalization. We do what we can do.

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Herewith a long 🧵 here on WHY healthcare needs to prevent #NosocomialInfections, & HOW patients can do that even when hospitals don't -

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This data covers the period March 2020 – August 2022. In 2025, #NosocomialInfections of #COVID should not still be a concern for patients. But, shamefully, they still are -

Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 | CBC News Officials with Health P.E.I. say people will have to wear masks inside all of the provincial health authority’s facilities beginning next week.

@yukon.ca, @ymaofficial.bsky.social, & @cmadocs.bsky.social - you could learn a thing or two about how to mitigate against #Airborne transmission, to prevent #NosocomialInfections in health settings, during an #OngoingPandemic -

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“It has caused massive waves in the infection control community because even they think it’s ridiculous,” the doctor said.

Actually, NOT wearing respirators, has caused massive waves of INFECTION, & preventable, #NosocomialInfections

Shame on you -
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@cmadocs.bsky.social

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This is an abject failure of #PublicHealth, @yukon.ca

Preventable #NosocomialInfections of #COVID are fundamentally iatrogenic, @ymaofficial.bsky.social & @cmadocs.bsky.social

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Impaired systemic antibody response against gut microbiota pathobionts in critical illness and susceptibility to nosocomial infections
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#CriticalIllness #NosocomialInfections #MicrobiomeResearch

Reinstating masking curbs hospital viral outbreaks, study confirms Researchers investigate how changes in hospital policies for SARS-CoV-2 testing and masking have influenced hospital-acquired respiratory viral infections.

Reinstating masking curbs hospital viral outbreaks, study confirms 🩺🔬📊 www.news-medical.net/news/2024120... #HealthCare #InfectionControl #Masking #Testing #NosocomialInfections #COVID19 #RespiratoryHealth #PublicHealth #PatientSafety

Covid-19: nurses concerned amid summer upsurge Most nurses are worried about the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on health and care services in the ...

zu No-go-Zonen für klinisch vulnerable Menschen geworden.“ - Dr. Sally Witcher

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#COVID19 #NosocomialInfections #CovidIsNotOver #Teilhabe #MaskUpInHealthcare #MaskUp #CleanAir #CovidIsAirborne #Corona #SARSCoV2

Tess Finch-Lees: We’re drowning in a wave of Covid, but hospitals aren’t even insisting on masks Midnight: phone pings. “It’s seven hours since I’ve had food or water, six days since I saw my kids, five days since I slept, two hours since I’ve been lying in my own urine”. That was a message from ...

Wir haben unsere Menschlichkeit und Gesundheit für Brunch und Lippenstift eingetauscht.“

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#MaskUpInHealthcare #CleanAir #COVID19 #Coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #NosocomialInfections #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #Pandemie #LongCovid #OrganDamage #BrainDamage