Tune in to any media channel and you will be bombarded by news of a new and deadly influenza virus. When this started about a week ago, I was underwhelmed. I’m less underwhelmed now as I do believe this is something newsworthy, I’m just not alarmed or frightened as I know what flu truly is. […]
New Infection Control Guidelines
I recently attended the SHEA/CDC Training Course in Healthcare Epidemiology in Seattle, WA. It offered hands-on workshops on the fundamental aspects of healthcare epidemiology including epidemic investigation. Not that I now can investigate an outbreak all on my own, but I understand the principles and have a better appreciation of the magnitude of the job […]
Wash Your Hands Before You Pick Your Nose!
Wash your hands before you pick your nose! Those were the parting words from our microbiology lab director. I started fellowship in the Microbiology lab. 3 weeks of bliss compared to what was to come. The goals were to learn the fundamentals of clinical microbiology, to become better consultants by being able to actually interpret […]
Isolation Precautions at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
As a budding infectious diseases specialist I am interested in infection prevention. I am doing a two month rotation at The Fevers Unit at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. It’s a separate building on the campus where people with HIV/AIDS are taken care of. The focus of my rotation is to get more experience taking care […]