Predicting the pattern for an upcoming flu season can be challenging. While this fall showed promise for a mild season, the number of patients in our emergency departments with flu or flu-like illness is now increasing rapidly, suggesting that perhaps the worst is yet to come.
Beginning the first of December and climbing within the last [...]

Robin Carver, RN, is WakeMed’s director of infection prevention & control.

Salmonella seems to be everywhere these days with The Food and Drug Administration releasing new recalls daily due to contaminated black and red pepper and  hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP). 

Salmonella infection generally does not cause serious illness, but it does cause uncomfortable gastrointestinal symptoms and can occasionally [...]