Contagious Comments

From the Department of Epidemiology at The Children's Hospital

Archive of Past Issues

2008

• April: Safe Injection Practices: An Important Review (.pdf)
• February: Hand Hygiene: The How, the Why and the When (.pdf)

2007

• December: Respiratory Season 2007 - 2008: Prevent Transmission! (.pdf)
• October: Influenza 2007-2008 (.pdf)
• September: The Febrile Neonate in the Summertime: Enterovirus or Herpes? (.pdf)
• July: Commonly Asked Questions About Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis (.pdf)
• May: Bugs and Drugs 2006 (.pdf)
• March: Changing Times: The "New" Respiratory Viruses (.pdf)
• January: Drug Resistant Bacteria - What's it all about? (.pdf)

2006

• November/December: Respiratory Season (.pdf) (Updated)
• November/December: Respiratory Season (.pdf)
• October: Influenza 2006 - 2007: Vaccinate Children! (.pdf)
• September: "It’s As Simple as ABC-- WASH YOUR HANDS” (.pdf)
• July: Series on the Top 5 Questions Regarding Pediatric Infectious Diseases (.pdf)
• June: Bugs and Drugs: New Name, Same Rules (.pdf)
• May: Pertussis (.pdf)
• May: REVISED Mumps (Infectious Parotitis) (.pdf)
• April: MUMPS (Infectious Parotitis) (.pdf)
• February: Series on the Top 5 Questions Regarding Pediatric Infectious Diseases (.pdf)
• January: Clostridium difficile (.pdf)

2005

• December: Respiratory Season 2005 - 2006, Are you Ready? (.pdf)
• October: Influenza 2005 - 2006: Vaccinate Children! (.pdf)
• September: Post-Exposure Prophylaxis & Follow-up for Community Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids (.pdf)
• July: The Adolescent Visit: Time to Order the Meningococcal Conjugate and Adolescent Pertussis Vaccine for your Office! (.pdf)
• May: Infection Control Top Ten List: What we did for you in 2004 (.pdf)
• March: Hospital Antibiotic Guidelines (.pdf)
• February: Are We Serving Two Masters? Children, JCAHO/OSHA (.pdf)

2004

• December: Respiratory Season (.pdf)
• November: Community Acquired MRSA in Children (.pdf)
• Addendum: Influenza and the Vaccine Shortage (.pdf)
• September: Influenza 2004 – 2005: Vaccinate Children! (.pdf)
• August: Vaccine Safety (.pdf)
• July: Bugs and Drugs: 2003 Antimicrobial Susceptibility (.pdf)
• July: Enteroviruses (.pdf)
• February: Vaccine-preventable Diseases in Colorado’s Children (.pdf)
• January: Respiratory Season (.pdf)