Infection Control. COURSE OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this course is to prepare healthcare workers to prevent and control the spread of infection using current, evidence-based knowledge of the chain of infection, Standard Precautions and transmission-based precautions, and engineering and work practice controls.
Letter from President Obama to US Government employees affected by the shutdown in 2013. In United States politics, a government shutdown is the process the Executive Branch must enter into when Congress and the President fail to pass legislation funding government operations and agencies.
Story Highlights. The 16-day government shutdown cost the economy jobs, delayed mortgages and lost retail sales â at least $12 billion worth, and maybe as much as $24 billion. â¢ Estimates of the toll range from $12 billion to $24 billion for the U.S. economy, or as much as $1.5 billion per day, and as many as 250,000 jobs.