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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

Latest Headlines

Clorox Healthcare Launches New, Comprehensive Approach to Environmental Disinfection for Healthcare

Studies prove that pathogens such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and MRSA can persist on environmental surfaces for months at a time and can be found facility-wide in non-isolation rooms. Clorox Healthcare, already known for its line of innovative hospital ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Deploys TRU-D SmartUVC Disinfection Robot

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the nation's largest hospital devoted entirely to clinical research, has deployed TRU-D SmartUVC™, a 5-foot-5 germ-eliminating UV disinfection robot, to help protect against infection. TRU-D SmartUVC™ features ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Humber River Hospital Adopts Automated Technology to Streamline Waste Handling, Soiled Linen

Humber River Hospital (HRH) in Toronto, Canada, is implementing TransVac’s automated collection system as a lean and clean solution for handling waste, soiled linen and recycling at its new 1.8 million-square-foot acute-care facility. When completed in the fall of 2015, the ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Companies Resolve Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Ecolab® Inc., Kleancheck Systems, LLC and Spartan Chemical Co., Inc. have resolved a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Ecolab and Kleancheck against Spartan. Ecolab exclusively licensed the DAZO® fluorescent marking gel technology from Kleancheck Systems, LLC, the ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Kodak and PurThread to Collaborate on Antimicrobial Surface Solutions for Healthcare and Military

In an effort to increase antimicrobial surface options for healthcare and military environments, Eastman Kodak Company and PurThread Technologies, Inc. have entered a joint development agreement (JDA). The collaboration will expand the use of Kodak’s proprietary ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Unusual New HIV Drug Resistance Mechanism Revealed

For the more than 1 million people with HIV/AIDS in the United States (and the over 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS around the world), antiretroviral drugs such as efavirenz and other so-called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) in combination ...More
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Scientists Studying Zoonotic Feline Tularemia by Finding Influential Geospatial Factors

A Kansas State University epidemiologist is helping cats, pet owners and soldiers stay healthy by studying feline tularemia and the factors that influence its prevalence. Ram Raghavan, assistant professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, and collaborative ...More
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Study Finds Low Rate of Surgical Site Infections Following 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 site infections were relatively low; however, the absolute number of patients with these complications is substantial, ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News
Antibiotics Don't Prevent Complications from Kids' Respiratory Infections

Antibiotics are often prescribed for young children who have upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) in order to prevent complications, such as ear infections and pneumonia, however, a new evidence review in The Cochrane Library found no evidence to support this practice. ...More
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Ticks May Cause Double Trouble, Stanford Scientists Find

A newly recognized human pathogen with unknown health consequences has been found to occur over a large part of the San Francisco Bay Area. A study to be published in the March issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Disease details how researchers including Dan Salkeld, a ...More
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