A nursing home in Eastern Kentucky is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak that may be tied to a new coronavirus variant, reports Fox affiliate WXIX.

State regulators cited Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital in February after a January inspection found issues related to screening and infection prevention procedures at the hospital, local news station KTOO reported March 15. 

Modern hospital care and antibiotics are not solely responsible for the antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains that exist today, according to a study published March 9 in Nature Communications.

The CDC is reminding U.S. healthcare providers about its Ebola infection control guidelines in light of new outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Guinea, according to AHA News.

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is rolling out a new peer-reviewed journal on infection prevention March 12.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a $13,494 penalty to Chicago-based Community First Medical Center in December after an inspection found violations related to respirator mask policies, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Feb. 24. 

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New York's health department will recommend reopening visitation for nursing homes and issue new guidance in accordance with CMS and the CDC, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Feb. 29, according to radio station WCBS.

Few nurses or endoscopy technicians undergo formal training on infection control and reprocessing before joining endoscopy units, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

More than 90 percent of staff at Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Medical Center have received at least their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, CBS News reported Feb. 18. 

Infection preventionists cited the COVID-19 vaccines' quick market entry as the most common reason other healthcare workers have been hesitant to get vaccinated, according to a Feb. 10 survey from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.

A patient who tested negative for COVID-19 twice in 24 hours is likely the source of Brigham and Women's Hospital COVID-19 outbreak involving more than 50 people last fall, researchers said in an analysis published Feb. 9 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Fremont (Calif.) Healthcare Center was fined $59,000 by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health for not properly protecting its staff from COVID-19, reports Mercury News.

Five staff members at Rutland Regional Medical Center's inpatient medical oncology unit have tested positive for COVID-19, reports the Rutland Herald.

The reuse of personal protective equipment in healthcare settings amid COVID-19 likely allowed drug-resistant infections to spread easier, The New York Times reported Jan. 27. 

Hospitals must adopt rapid, frequent COVID-19 testing for staff to protect patients from hospital-acquired COVID-19, Manoj Jain, MD, an infectious disease consultant for several hospitals in Memphis, Tenn., wrote in a Jan. 21 op-ed published in The Washington Post.

McLaren Flint (Mich.) Hospital was a source of Legionella bacteria for more than a decade, according to CDC documents obtained by ABC affiliate WJRT. 

Two employees at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital say roaches have been roaming the hospital's kitchen for about a month, local CBS and FOX affiliate Action News Jax reports. 

Glens Falls (N.Y.) Hospital fired longtime employee Lisa Amorosi Dec. 1 for refusing to get a flu shot after citing bad reactions from past flu vaccines, The Post Star reports. 

Flu vaccine doses in the U.S. reached 188 million as of Nov. 27, a record number during a single flu season, according to the CDC's Weekly National Influenza Dashboard Dec. 9 update.