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Link Between Antibiotics and Biofilms

Researchers from USC and the Oak Crest Institute of Science have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to ...read more

Fist Bump Beats Handshake

“Fist bumping” transmits significantly fewer bacteria than either handshaking or high-fiving, while still addressing the cultural ...read more

National Immunization Awareness Month

Each year in August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) provides an opportunity to highlight the value of immunization across the lifespan. ...read more

The Essentials of Sterility Assurance

It is critical that infection preventionists understand the principles and practices related to sterility assurance so that they may assist their ...read more

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Intimate Kissing Quadruples Risk of Meningitis in Teenagers

Intimate kissing with multiple partners almost quadruples a teenager’s risk of meningococcal disease, finds a study published online by the British Medical Journal. Meningococcal disease is a life threatening condition with two incidence peaks: in early childhood and in ...More
February 10, 2006 Posted in News
Urgent Need for Lethal Bacteria Disease Vaccine

Children in developing countries are at far greater risk of contracting potentially lethal bacterial infections than was previously thought, new research reveals today. The authors of this latest study say it provides further support for the immediate introduction of ...More
February 10, 2006 Posted in News
Climate Change May Affect Length of Respiratory Infection Season

Rising global temperatures over the past two decades may be responsible for a shortened season of a serious respiratory illness in the United Kingdom, according to an article in the March 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Respiratory syncytial ...More
February 9, 2006 Posted in News
Common Reflux Treatment Linked to Life-Threatening Bowel Infection in Premature Infants

Researchers in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) network have found that premature infants given a common class of non-prescription drugs used to treat acid reflux are slightly more likely to develop a potentially fatal bowel disorder than are infants who are not ...More
February 9, 2006 Posted in News
CDC Advisory Committees Recommend Comprehensive Approach to Improve Healthcare Worker Vaccination Rates

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced enhanced recommendations designed to increase influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare personnel as a way to protect patients and staff from influenza. The new recommendations provide strategies to ...More
February 9, 2006 Posted in News
HIV Risks Reduced When Mothers Teach Daughters About Disease

Low-income African American teen girls in Chicago continue to be at high risk for contracting HIV, but the risk decreases when their mothers teach them about the dangers of the disease, according to a new study at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "African American ...More
February 9, 2006 Posted in News
Study Shows Media Coverage on Flu Influences Parents to Vaccinate Their Children

William Schaffner, MD, professor and chair of preventive medicine and Vanderbilt's principal spokesperson regarding influenza, is interviewed live on CNBC about the flu. A study in the journal Pediatrics shows that media coverage about influenza and the importance of flu ...More
February 9, 2006 Posted in News
High Bird Flu Risk in Africa After Outbreak in Nigeria; Immediate Control Interventions Crucial for Stopping the Spread of the Virus

WASHINGTON and ROME -- The outbreak of the deadly avian influenza virus (H5N1) in Nigeria confirms the fears expressed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for quite some time that African countries are facing a high risk of becoming infected ...More
February 8, 2006 Posted in News
Lexington Medical Center Converts to Encision's AEM Technology, Advances Patient Safety in the OR to Prevent Stray Electrosurgical Burns

BOULDER, Colo. -- Encision Inc., the developer of an innovative surgical technology, called active electrode monitoring, that is emerging as a standard of care in minimally-invasive surgery, announced today that the Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C. has ...More
February 8, 2006 Posted in News
Expert Warns Companies: Prepare Now for Flu Pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The "just in time" global delivery system, now a hallmark of the world's economy, exposes companies and workers to potentially crippling consequences when the next flu strikes, according to Michael Osterholm, PhD, associate director of the Department of ...More
February 8, 2006 Posted in News