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Dialysis Organizations Team Up With CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is teaming up with a broad coalition of kidney and dialysis organizations to reduce the number ...read more

Limitations of Standard Precautions

The Standard Precautions concept in healthcare dictates that healthcare workers assess risk in advance of a patient interaction and use appropriate ...read more

Protect Yourself From Zika

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers suggestions on ways to protect yourself from Zika virus transmission. ...read more

Making the Business Case for Technology

Infection preventionists, environmental services directors, purchasing managers and members of the hospital C-suite are finding themselves at the ...read more

Medical Device Reprocessing

This symposium will address key issues such as the dangers associated with improperly processed devices; the real-world situations that impede proper ...read more

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Scientists Design Universal Flu Vaccine

An international team of scientists has designed a new generation of universal flu vaccines to protect against future global pandemics that could kill millions. The vaccine could give protection for up to 88 percent of known flu strains worldwide in a single shot, ...More
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Self-Adhesive Dressing Generates Electrical Current That Promotes Healing, Reduces Infection Risk

Good news for the millions of people who suffer from skin wounds that won’t heal. A team of researchers at Ohio State University has brought a potentially transformative solution to the problem by creating a portable adhesive patch that drives a continuous, small ...More
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HHS Supports Next-Generation Anthrax Vaccine Into Advanced Development

An anthrax vaccine that may be effective in as few as two doses is moving forward in development with the assistance of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). The five-year, ...More
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HHS Sponsors Inhaled Chlorine Antidote for Bioterrorism Preparedness

The first potential antidote to treat the life-threatening effects of chlorine inhalation, a potential terrorism threat, will advance in development under a contract between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for ...More
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CDC Updates Interim Guidance for Pre-Pregnancy Counseling, Prevention of Sexual Transmission of Zika

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced updates to its interim guidance for pre-pregnancy counseling and prevention of sexual transmission of Zika based on ongoing assessment of available data, primarily extending the timeframe for men with ...More
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Administering Additional Antibiotic Prior to C-Section Reduces Infection Rates by 50 Percent

Physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues have discovered that administering the antibiotic azithromycin alongside the standard recommended antibiotic regimen, cefazolin, reduces infection rates by 50 percent for women who have a non-elective ...More
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Case Study Reports Details of Mysterious Utah Zika-Related Death

The first Zika virus-related death in the continental U.S. occurred in June of this year, but even now, months later, two aspects of this case continue to puzzle health experts. First, why did this patient die? It is quite rare for a Zika infection to cause severe illness ...More
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Scientists Reveal How Signals From Pathogenic Bacteria Reach Danger Sensors of Cells

Researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered the way signals from infectious bacteria gain entry into the cytoplasm of host cells to activate disease-fighting inflammasomes. Inflammasomes are protein machines in the cell that serve as ...More
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Health Officials Urge Everyone to Get Vaccinated for Influenza

With influenza (flu) vaccine readily available and sufficient doses expected throughout the season, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), along with public health and medical organizations urge the public and healthcare professionals to follow the Centers ...More
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Parents Cite Lack of Need as Reason for Not Getting Kids Their Flu Shots

Despite the fact that influenza leads to more hospitalizations and deaths among children than any other vaccine-preventable disease, parents frequently decline vaccinating their children against influenza because they don’t perceive the need, according to a new ...More
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