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This week’s episode of HealthCap Weekly Wrap explores timely clinical, operational, and infection prevention issues impacting senior living communities, from innovative sepsis care solutions to practical reminders about PPE, emerging pathogens, and vaccination gaps.

The Sepsis Solution: How Telemedicine Transforms Sepsis Care in Long-Term Facilities — This article from Skilled Nursing News highlights how telemedicine is enabling earlier sepsis detection, faster clinical decision-making, and reduced hospital transfers in senior living communities.

Multisociety Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control in Nursing Homes — Published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, this multisociety guidance offers updated, evidence-based recommendations tailored to the unique infection prevention challenges in nursing homes.

Clinical Experience with Disposable Isolation Gown Selection, Strikethrough, and Reporting — This study examines frontline healthcare worker experiences with isolation gown failures, revealing gaps in gown selection, education, and reporting that have implications for infection prevention.

Nasal Iodophor to Reduce Candidozyma auris Nasal Carriage in Nursing Home Residents — This research article explores whether a short course of nasal iodophor can reduce colonization of the multidrug-resistant fungus Candidozyma auris among nursing home residents.

Diabetes and Hepatitis B Vaccination — This CDC resource explains why adults with diabetes are at increased risk for hepatitis B and reinforces the importance of vaccination in senior living populations.