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Bacteria in Water Supply Systems

A new analysis of 100 million Medicare records from U.S. adults aged 65 and older reveals rising healthcare costs for infections associated with ...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

Consumer Antiseptic Wash Products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing ...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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CDC, Instituto Nacional de Salud of Colombia Collaborate to Understand Long-Term Effects of Zika

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, and Martha Lucía Ospina Martínez, MD, MPH, MBA, director general of Colombia’s Instituto Nacional de Salud (INS), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News
Over-the-Counter Head Lice Treatments are Likely to Fail

A recent review on head lice treatments available in the United States described a marked decline in the effectiveness of permethrin/synergized pyrethrins (collectively pyrethroids), likely due to resistance arising from widespread and indiscriminate use over 30 years. The ...More
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AAMI Announces Fall Sterilization Standards Week

Fall Sterilization Standards Week will take place in Bethesda, Md. October 17-20, 2016. The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) says it hopes to better serve its members and facilitate standards development by holding meetings that bring ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Shanghai Newsummit Biopharma, HandInScan Sign Agreement to Commercialize IC Technology in China

Shanghai Newsummit Biopharma and HandInScan announce that they have signed an agreement to introduce the HandInScan technology in China through validation with leading hospitals and key opinion leaders. The signing took place at the Wenzhou Biomedical Innovation Center ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Healthmark Adds Clean Label to its Labeling Line

Healthmark Industries announces the addition of the Clean Label to its labeling line. Manufactured to convey key information to healthcare professionals, the clean label is intended to conceal and cover the bio symbol on SST systems when transporting clean medical ...More
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CDC Awards $2.4 Million to Five Jurisdictions to Fight Zika

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $2.4 million to Chicago, Houston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles County to establish, enhance, and maintain information-gathering systems to rapidly detect microcephaly–a serious birth ...More
4 weeks ago Posted in News
Health Authorities Investigating Multistate Outbreak of Hepatitis A Linked to Frozen Strawberries

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of foodborne hepatitis A. The investigation began in early August when ...More
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HHS Awards $19.8 Million to Japanese Company to Accelerate Development of a Zika Vaccine

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will provide an initial $19.8 million over the next 18 months to Takeda Vaccines, Inc. of Deerfield, Ill., a subsidiary of the Takeda Group ...More
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Young Children's Antibiotic Exposure Associated With Higher Food Allergy Risk

Antibiotic treatment within the first year of life may wipe out more than an unwanted infection: exposure to the drugs is associated with an increase in food allergy diagnosis, new research from the University of South Carolina suggests. Analyzing South Carolina Medicaid ...More
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Encouraging Decrease in Certain Antibiotic Resistance Levels of Gonococci Across Europe

In 2014, the susceptibility of gonococci to two of the recommended antibiotics for gonorrhea treatment has shown signs of improvement, according to results from the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (Euro-GASP). At the same time, a significant increase ...More
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