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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

Ebola Virus Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the following frequently asked questions on Ebola virus disease. ...read more

Mobile Patient-Care Equipment

This report addresses the role mobile medical equipment may play in the transmission of disease-causing pathogens as well as the challenges related ...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

Latest Headlines

Sanitec Industries, Inc. Acquires SafeWaste, Inc.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sanitec Industries, Inc., the global patent holder for the Sanitec Microwave Disinfection System and a leader in no-hazardous-emission medical waste processing, announced today its acquisition of Mount Holly, N.C.-based SafeWaste, Inc. The deal ...More
July 11, 2005 Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Gene Discovery May Explain Recurring Infections

A newly discovered gene mutation may account for many cases of immune deficiency, in particular two syndromes known as immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency and Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), report researchers in the July issue of Nature Genetics. The discovery may ...More
July 11, 2005 Posted in News
Golden Armor: New Way to Fight Resistant Staph Infections

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego have discovered that Staph bacteria use a protective golden armor to ward off the immune system, a finding with the potential to lead to new ...More
July 11, 2005 Posted in News
Vietnam to Begin Testing VIRA 38 Against Avian Influenza

HANOI, Vietnam -- PRB Pharmaceuticals and Lee's Pharmaceuticals announced today that Vietnam's Department of Animal Health will begin testing an animal version of VIRA 38 on their poultry flocks as part of a multi-national, avian influenza research collaboration. ...More
July 8, 2005 Posted in News
Wound Care Market for Skin Ulcers to Pass $5 Billion by 2009

NEW YORK -- The world market for products to treat skin ulcers will grow at nearly 10 percent per year to surpass $5 billion by 2009, according to a new report released today from Kalorama Information. The increasing elderly population, the availability of new ...More
July 7, 2005 Posted in News
New Natural Rubber Latex to Debut at International Latex Conference

ATLANTA -- Atlanta-based Vystar Corporation will introduce its revolutionary new latex named Vytex to manufacturers of latex products at the International Latex Conference to be held in Charlotte, N.C., July 26-27. Described as "the new safe latex," Vytex natural rubber ...More
July 7, 2005 Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
APIC Increases Grassroots Momentum with New Advocacy Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Infection prevention and control professionals now have an innovative system designed to enable them to directly correspond with local and federal policy makers, actively engaging health professionals in the legislative process. Called the VIP ...More
July 7, 2005 Posted in News
Discovery of How Deadly Nipah Virus Infects Cells Could Halt Bioterrorism Use

UCLA scientists have discovered how the deadly Nipah virus infiltrates human cells to cause encephalitis. Designated as a potential bioterrorism agent by the National Biodefense Research Agenda, the virus exploits a protein essential to embryonic development to enter cells ...More
July 6, 2005 Posted in News
FDA Issues Nationwide Alert on Possible Health Risk Associated with Cold Stone Creamery "Cake Batter" Ice Cream

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public that products containing "cake batter" ice cream sold at Cold Stone Creamery stores throughout the country may be associated with an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection in several states. After ...More
July 5, 2005 Posted in News
New Group Health Study Finds Association Between Common Childhood Infection and Neurologic Conditions

SEATTLE -- A new study adds support to an increasing body of evidence that the common childhood bacterial infection known informally as strep throat is associated with an increased risk for some neurologic conditions that frequently start in childhood -- Tourette's syndrome ...More
July 5, 2005 Posted in News