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Culturing of Duodenoscopes is Advised

News of patient deaths caused by outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections is fueling media attention and putting the ...read more

Resources for Patient Safety

Every healthcare organization need supplies and tools to achieve high quality care, but patient safety resources can be a difficult goal to plan into ...read more

Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a ...read more

Preoperative CHG Bathing

This report addresses patient skin cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an effective intervention in the arsenal against surgical site ...read more

Digital Summit: Healthcare Textiles

This digital summit will address proper healthcare textiles management from an infection prevention point of view, illustrate protocols for safe ...read more

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5 Must-Have Resources for Patient Safety in Hospitals

Every healthcare organization need supplies and tools to achieve high quality care, but patient safety resources can be a difficult goal to plan into a hospital budget. Though we tend to think of a hospital as the place where patients find care rather than dangers, patients ...More
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Scientists Discover New Tool for Detecting and Destroying Norovirus

Infection with highly contagious noroviruses, while not usually fatal, can lead to a slew of unpleasant symptoms such as excessive vomiting and diarrhea. Current treatment options are limited to rehydration of the patient. ...More
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Use of Hospital Staff ILI Absence for Enhancing Hospital Preparedness, National Surveillance

Early warning and robust estimation of influenza burden are critical to inform hospital preparedness and operational, treatment, and vaccination policies. Methods to enhance influenza-like illness (ILI) surveillance are regularly reviewed. Drumright, et al. (2015) ...More
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More Than 23,000 Measles Cases Reported in WHO European Region in a Year

Between Jan. 1, 2014 and March 1, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) received notification of more than 23,000 cases of measles in the WHO European Region. The most affected country is Kyrgyzstan with more than 7,000 cases reported in just the first seven weeks of ...More
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10 Cases of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia are Reported to WHO

Between Feb. 23, 2015 and Feb. 25, 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of 10 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Details of the cases are as ...More
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Healthcare Workers Recognized by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

Eighteen Pennsylvania healthcare workers are being recognized by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority for their efforts to improve patient safety within their healthcare facilities. The healthcare workers had their photos and descriptions of their efforts highlighted ...More
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Researchers Examine Effect of Experimental Ebola Vaccine After High-Risk Exposure

A physician who received an experimental Ebola vaccine after experiencing a needlestick while working in an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone did not develop Ebola virus infection, and there was strong Ebola-specific immune responses after the vaccination, although ...More
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Ebola Vaccine Efficacy Trial Ready to Launch in Guinea

Based on promising data from initial clinical trials in late 2014, WHO with the Health Ministry of Guinea, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Epicentre and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), will launch a Phase III trial in Guinea on March 7, ...More
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Chlorhexidine Prevents Deaths in Newborns

A low-cost antiseptic used to clean the cord after birth could help reduce infant death rates in developing countries by 12 percent, a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library suggests. Authors of the review found that when chlorhexidine was used on babies born ...More
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'Energetic' Immune Cells are Vital for Fighting Disease

A good immune system relies on a key 'energy producing' protein in immune cells to develop immunity to vaccines and disease, an international team of scientists has found. The protein, called HuR (human antigen R) is critical for controlling metabolism in B cells, which ...More
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