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SSIs in Ambulatory Surgery

In an analysis that included nearly 300,000 patients from eight states who underwent ambulatory surgery, researchers found that the rates of surgical ...read more

Hand Sanitizer Missing in Some Hospitals

Approximately 1 in 5 U.S. healthcare facilities don't make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of care, missing a critical ...read more

Infection Prevention Compliance

Infection Control Today invited infection preventionists to tell us about their experiences with boosting and maintaining compliance with infection ...read more

PPE Utilization in a Pandemic

This report explores the utilization of personal protective equipment and respiratory protection within a pandemic scenario and addresses key issues ...read more

Biocides and Sporicidal Disinfectants

This Pulse provides a quick summary of some of the ideas and perspectives coming out of the 2013 Spring Conference of the Society of Healthcare ...read more

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Notre Dame Chemists Discover New Class of Antibiotics

A team of University of Notre Dame researchers led by Mayland Chang and Shahriar Mobashery have discovered a new class of antibiotics to fight bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other drug-resistant bacteria that threaten public health. ...More
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Volume of Notifiable Disease Reporting May Double with Required Electronic Lab Reporting

Public health departments nationwide are already feeling the strain from budget cuts. But their case report volumes are forecasted to double when federal requirements for automated electronic laboratory reporting of notifiable diseases go into effect next year, according to ...More
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IDSA Applauds President's Commitment to Combatting Antibiotic Resistance

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) applauds the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Detect and Protect Against Antibiotic Resistance Initiative, proposed in the President’s Budget Request (PBR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015. IDSA has ...More
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Emerging MultiDrug-Resistant Infections Lack Standard Definition and Treatment

Infection control practices for detecting and treating patients infected with emerging multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) vary significantly between hospitals. A study from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network, a consortium ...More
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Hospital Food Safety Measures Reduce Risk of Contaminated Food

A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing E.coli. While sufficient preparation ...More
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Severe Diarrheal Illness in Children Linked to Antibiotics Prescribed in Doctors' Offices

The majority of pediatric Clostridium difficile infections, which are bacterial infections that cause severe diarrhea and are potentially life-threatening, occur among children in the general community who recently took antibiotics prescribed in doctor’s offices for ...More
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CDC Blog Addresses the Power of "Simple" in Everyday Patient Care

Today, on CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Dr. Don Goldmann, chief medical and scientific officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), discusses key lessons learned from a hospital antibiotic stewardship pilot project. IHI will feature more details in ...More
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Two Cases of Human Infection with H7N9 Virus are Reported to WHO

On March 4, 2014, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR, China, notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of an additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. The patient is ...More
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Warmer Temperatures Fuel Spread of Malaria Into Higher Elevations

In the tropical highlands of South America and East Africa, cool temperatures have historically kept mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria, at bay. New research by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists shows that as annual temperatures rise in these areas, ...More
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Scientists Complete First Global Inventory of Flu Strains in Birds

A group of international scientists have completed the first global inventory of flu strains in birds by reviewing more than 50 published studies and genetic data, providing new insight into the drivers of viral diversity and the emergence of disease that can ultimately ...More
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