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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

World Immunization Week is April 2024

"Immunize for a Healthy Future: Know, Check, Protect" is the message of this year’s World Immunization Week, being celebrated April 24-30, ...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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Dartmouth Study Reveals Flaws in Third-World Screening for TB

New findings from a Dartmouth Medical School collaboration in Tanzania may alter assumptions about the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-infected people, and prompt a major change in way tuberculosis (TB) testing is routinely done in the developing world. Writing in the ...More
June 16, 2005 Posted in News
Protocol Used to Treat First Known Survivor of Rabies Without Vaccination

The protocol used to treat the first known survivor of rabies without prior vaccination was published in the June 16, 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. It is hoped that this approach can be replicated, tested, and provide a guide for treating this fatal ...More
June 16, 2005 Posted in News
Gastric Bug Linked to Irregular Heart Rhythm

A common stomach bug may also be linked to the development of irregular heart rhythm, also known as atrial fibrillation, suggests a small study in the journal Heart. The bug in question, Helicobacter pylori, causes ulcers, and has also been implicated in the development of ...More
June 16, 2005 Posted in News
Mix-up Involving Hydraulic Fluid-Washed Instruments Still Raising Concerns

Even as infection control practitioners, risk managers and surgeons wonder about the implications of the use of surgical instruments cleaned by mistake with elevator hydraulic fluid, a story released by the Associated Press (AP) on June 13 is fanning the flames of ...More
June 14, 2005 Posted in News
Cranberries Fight Ulcer-Causing Bacteria and Guard Against Stomach Cancer

EAST WAREHAM, Mass. -- In the first human study of its kind, researchers demonstrated that drinking approximately two cups of cranberry juice per day may destroy the bacteria responsible for certain types of ulcers. And, since these ulcers are a leading precursor to stomach ...More
June 13, 2005 Posted in News
Global Strategy Needed to Combat “Feminization” of HIV/AIDS

A Johns Hopkins physician and scientist who has spent a quarter-century leading major efforts to combat HIV and AIDS worldwide has issued an urgent call for global strategies and resources to confront the rapid “feminization” of the AIDS pandemic. In an article appearing in ...More
June 13, 2005 Posted in News
New Report Describes Details of Four Transplant Recipients Who Contracted Rabies From Donor

A new report describes details of the clinical, radiological and pathological findings of four patients who received organs or tissue from a single donor, contracted rabies from the transplant and subsequently died, according to a study in the June issue of Archives of ...More
June 13, 2005 Posted in News
Quickly Matching the Drug with the Bug Saves Lives

University of Florida researchers are resurrecting an old technology to more quickly and accurately identify potentially deadly bacterial infections in hospital patients. Speed in identifying these bugs is crucial because bacteria such as E. coli can enter a patient's ...More
June 13, 2005 Posted in News
Joint Commission Urges Adoption of “Systems Approach” to Prevent Adverse Events

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) told Congressional leaders that American healthcare facilities must embrace a “systems approach” to preventing adverse events that keeps the inevitable errors that caregivers ...More
June 10, 2005 Posted in News
“Ancestral” Hepatitis-C Virus at Root of Evolution in Acute, Chronic Infections

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have uncovered how a majority of the genetic changes in the hepatic-C virus, the most common cause of liver disease, allow it to evade the body’s immune system during infection. Hepatitis C infection can lead to cirrhosis, cancer and even death. ...More
June 10, 2005 Posted in News