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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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IAHCSMM's CS Technician Certification Legislative Efforts Gain Momentum

The International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM) has long been an outspoken advocate of state certification of central service (CS) professionals. Certification and continuing education credits keep technicians up-to-date on ...More
3 weeks ago
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Antiretroviral Regimen Associated With Less Virological Failure Among HIV-Infected Children

Elizabeth D. Lowenthal, MD, MSCE, of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and colleagues conducted a study to determine whether there was a difference in time to virological failure between HIV-infected children ...More
3 weeks ago
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2 Doses of HPV Vaccine in Girls May Offer Similar Protection as 3 Doses in Young Women

With the number of doses and cost of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines a barrier to global implementation, researchers have found that girls who received two doses of HPV vaccine had immune responses to HPV-16 and HPV-18 infection that were noninferior to the responses ...More
3 weeks ago
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Pathogen-Fighting 'Innate' Cells Could Revolutionize Immunizations

New Cornell University research shows that small populations of pre-programmed immune cells can fight specific pathogens that they have never encountered. The findings, published in the Journal of Immunology, have the potential to revolutionize how and when people are ...More
3 weeks ago
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Tactics of Novel Coronavirus Suggest Treatment by Altering Lung Cells' Response to Infection

A new virus that causes severe breathing distress and kidney failure elicits a distinctive airway cell response to allow it to multiply. Scientists studying the Human Coronavirus-Erasmus Medical Center, which first appeared April 2012 in the Middle East, have discovered ...More
3 weeks ago
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Targeted Screening for C. difficile Upon Admission Could Potentially Identify Most Colonized Patients

Testing patients with just three risk factors upon hospital admission has potential to identify nearly 3 out of 4 asymptomatic carriers of C. difficile, according to a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers from the ...More
3 weeks ago
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Kimberly-Clark Honored With Practice Greenhealth 2013 Champion for Change Award

Kimberly-Clark announces that it has been named a winner of the Practice Greenhealth 2013 Champion for Change awards, recognizing the company's ongoing commitment to sustainability accomplishments in support of people, the planet and products. Kimberly-Clark's Blue ReNew ...More
3 weeks ago
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Medline Recognized for Contributions to Environmentally Responsible Care

Practice Greenhealth has awarded Medline Industries, Inc. the 2012 Practice Greenhealth Champion for Change Award for outstanding contributions to environmentally responsible healthcare. “We are delighted to receive this award for the second consecutive year,” says ...More
3 weeks ago
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International H7N9 Assessment Team Completes Mission to China

A team of international and Chinese experts has completed its mission to visit Shanghai and Beijing and assess the avian influenza A(H7N9) situation, and to make recommendations to the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). "China's response has been ...More
4 weeks ago
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Healthcare Coalition Says Review of U.S. Pandemic Preparedness Needed With New Avian Flu Outbreak

The outbreak of the new H7N9 avian flu in China, which the World Health Organization (WHO) called "an unusually dangerous virus for humans," should be an incentive for a renewed look at infection control procedures and pandemic readiness, which includes proper protection of ...More
4 weeks ago
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