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Link Between Antibiotics and Biofilms

Researchers from USC and the Oak Crest Institute of Science have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to ...read more

Reminders Prevent SSIs

The use of electronic reminders such as text messages, emails or voicemails is highly effective at getting surgical patients to adhere to a ...read more

National Immunization Awareness Month

Each year in August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) provides an opportunity to highlight the value of immunization across the lifespan. ...read more

The Essentials of Sterility Assurance

It is critical that infection preventionists understand the principles and practices related to sterility assurance so that they may assist their ...read more

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Slide Show: Ebola Infection Prevention Guidelines

The CDC has released Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals. This slide show summarizes the CDC's guidelines. ...More
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CDC Releases Infection Prevention Recommendations for Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever in U.S. Hospitals. Standard, contact and droplet precautions are recommended for any ...More
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Electronic Reminders Can Help Patients Prevent Surgical Site Infections

The use of electronic reminders such as text messages, emails or voicemails is highly effective at getting surgical patients to adhere to a preadmission antiseptic showering regimen known to help reduce risk of surgical site infections (SSIs), according to a ...More
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Study Shows Effectiveness of Anti-Malarial Drug in Controlling Asthma

Asthmatic patients may soon have a more effective way to control the condition, thanks to a new pharmacological discovery by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS). The team, led by associate professor Fred Wong from the Department of Pharmacology at ...More
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Transplantation Shown to Be Highly Effective in Treating Immune Deficiency in Children

Babies who are born with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) can be successfully treated with a transplant of blood-forming stem cells, according to experts led by Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Richard J. O’Reilly, MD, a pioneer in the development of transplant ...More
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Key to Aging Immune System is Discovered

There’s a good reason people over 60 are not donor candidates for bone marrow transplantation. The immune system ages and weakens with time, making the elderly prone to life-threatening infection and other maladies, and a UC San Francisco research team now has ...More
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Researchers Uncover Clues to Flu's Mechanisms

A flu virus acts like a Trojan horse as it attacks and infects host cells. Scientists at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have acquired a clearer view of the well-hidden mechanism involved. Their computer simulations may lead to new strategies to stop ...More
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WHO Director-General, West African Presidents to Launch Intensified Ebola Outbreak Response Plan

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and presidents of west African nations impacted by the Ebola virus disease outbreak will meet Friday in Guinea to launch a new joint $100 million response plan as part of an intensified ...More
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As West Africa Ebola Outbreak Worsens, CDC Issues Level 3 Travel Warning

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued a warning to avoid nonessential travel to the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This Level 3 travel warning is a reflection of the worsening Ebola outbreak in this region. The CDC is ...More
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C. difficile Vaccine Proves Safe, 100 Percent Effective in Animal Models

An experimental vaccine protected 100 percent of animal models against the highly infectious and virulent bacterium, Clostridium difficile, which causes an intestinal disease that kills approximately 30,000 Americans annually. The research is published ahead of print in ...More
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