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How Bleach Kills Bacteria

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have made strides in understanding exactly how bleach kills bacteria—and how ...read more

Cleaning the OR

Experts are pushing for a surgical conscience in the operating room that also encompasses a heightened awareness of intraoperative transmission of ...read more

Vectorborne Diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joins the World Health Organization (WHO) and other public health partners in recognizing World ...read more

Infection Prevention and Hand Hygiene

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that patients who are more actively involved in their healthcare experience better health outcomes and incur ...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

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Fit Testing Healthcare Professionals Can Trust

As a healthcare professional, do you know what to do in the event of a contagious disease outbreak? Does your workplace have a plan for and provide you with the assurance you’ll be safe while at work during such an outbreak? What can you do to ensure your safety, your ...More
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Researchers Study HH Adherence in Resource-Limited Settings

Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection control and has reduces rates of healthcare associated infection. There are limited data evaluating hand hygiene adherence and hand hygiene campaign effect in resource-limited settings, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Hand Hygiene Technology Startup Hyginex Receives Investment from Persistent Systems

Hyginex, a patented wearable hand hygiene improvement technology, has received an investment from Persistent Systems, a global leader in software products and technology services. The investment through Persistent Venture Fund allows Hyginex to expand its operations in the ...More
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Researchers Identify Good Bacteria That Protects Against HIV

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston by growing vaginal skin cells outside the body and studying the way they interact with "good and bad" bacteria, think they may be able to better identify the good bacteria that protect women from HIV ...More
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Stigmas, Once Evolutionarily Sound, are Now Bad Health Strategies

Stigmatization may have once served to protect early humans from infectious diseases, but that strategy may do more harm than good for modern humans, according to Penn State researchers. "The things that made stigmas a more functional strategy thousands of years ago rarely ...More
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Using Tobacco to Thwart West Nile Virus

An international research group led by Arizona State University professor Qiang Chen has developed a new generation of potentially safer and more cost-effective therapeutics against West Nile virus and other pathogens. ...More
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Patient Empowerment in Infection Prevention and Hand Hygiene

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that patients who are more actively involved in their healthcare experience better health outcomes and incur lower costs. As a result, many public and private healthcare organizations are employing strategies to better engage patients, ...More
3 weeks ago Posted in Reports, Hand Hygiene
AORN Foundation, Covidien Team Up to Offer New Tools for Emerging Nurse Leaders

In a move aimed at giving nursing professionals the tools they need to address rapidly changing practices and cost structures, the AORN Foundation is teaming with Covidien on an initiative that will provide nurse leaders with a core set of financial and management tools to ...More
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Cardinal Health Highlights Nurse Education, Community Connections at AORN Conference

Cardinal Health will highlight ongoing education and training at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Surgical Conference & Expo in Chicago March 30 through April 2. The company will host three continuing education (CE) activities focused on safety ...More
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Kimberly-Clark to Present Innovative Infection Prevention Solutions at AORN Conference

Kimberly-Clark Health Care will highlight infection prevention solutions from the company’s collaboration with 3M at the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Surgical Conference & Expo 2014, March 30 through April 2, 2014 in Chicago. The two ...More
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