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Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology

Infection Control Today invited manufacturers of automated hand hygiene monitoring systems to provide information that will assist infection ...read more

Decolonization and MRSA Reduction

A new study shows that using germ-killing soap and ointment on all ICU patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and ...read more

Importance of Environmental Cleaning

This Report provides a glimpse inside the experiences of infection preventionists relating to the evaluation and monitoring of environmental cleaning ...read more

Healthcare Associated Infections

This report reviews the burden of healthcare-associated infections, explores the impetus of mandatory reporting of infection data, and outlines the ...read more

Latest Headlines

Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Begins Phase III Clinical Trial with Doripenem in Complicated Urinary Tract Infections

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, announces that patient enrollment has begun in a phase III trial of its lead product, doripenem (also known as S-4661), a broad-spectrum carbapenem antibiotic. The multi-center, ...More
December 30, 2003
Posted in News
USDA Offers BSE Update

WASHINGTON -- On the morning of December 25, the BSE world reference lab in Weybridge, England, confirmed USDA's December 23 preliminary diagnosis of BSE in a single non-ambulatory dairy cow that had been slaughtered on December 9 at Vern's Moses Lake Meats in Washington. ...More
December 30, 2003
Posted in News
First U.S. Case of Mad Cow Disease Reinforces Importance of Accurately Tracing Food Origins

STARKVILLE, Miss. -- In the wake of the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, the ability to trace contaminated products through the food chain is ever so important. Global Technology Resources (GTR) introduced recently a revolutionary new system designed to detect, track and ...More
December 30, 2003
Posted in News
One-Third of the General Public Has Received Their Flu Shots

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- This year, most people who say they were concerned they might get the flu say they armed themselves with a flu shot, according to results of a recent Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Healthcare Poll. Nevertheless, perhaps because public ...More
December 30, 2003
Posted in News
1 in 10 Workers Will Take a Sick Day in the New Year

LONDON -- A staggering 60 percent of working people have admitted that they are likely to take a day off sick in January. Nearly one in four (23 percent) are anticipating entering 2004 with the January blues and 1 in 10 (13 percent) workers admitted they are already ...More
December 30, 2003
Posted in News
STERIS Decontaminates Anthrax-Contaminated Building

MENTOR, Ohio -- STERIS Corporation today announced that it has completed the decontamination of a United States Department of State mail processing facility located in Sterling, Va. using the company's proprietary technology and services. The building has now been re-opened ...More
December 23, 2003
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Aventis Submits Application for FDA Approval of Menactra, First Candidate Quadrivalent Conjugate Meningococcal Vaccine

SWIFTWATER, Pa. -- Aventis announced today the submission of a Biologics Licensing Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for marketing approval of the use of Menactra Meningococcal (Groups A, C, Y and W-135) Polysaccharide Diphtheria Toxoid ...More
December 22, 2003
Posted in News
Cardinal Health Designs Program to Help Hospitals, Physicians Slow Spread of Flu, SARS; "Respiratory Etiquette" Initiative Aimed at Protecting Healthcare Workers, Patients

MCGAW PARK, Ill. -- In an effort to help healthcare providers stem the current flu outbreak and thwart a resurgence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Cardinal Health has launched a "Respiratory Etiquette Initiative" for caregivers worldwide. Under the ...More
December 22, 2003
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
FDA Issues Alert on Counterfeit Polypropylene Mesh Used in Hernia Repair

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today alerted healthcare professionals to a counterfeit polypropylene mesh product labeled as PROLENE polypropylene mesh. The product is a non-absorbable mesh used in hernia repair and other surgery. The authentic ...More
December 19, 2003
Posted in News
FDA Issues Safety Tips for Preventing Hospital Bed Fires

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a list of safety tips to hospitals and other medical facilities to help prevent hospital bed fires. The tips are available at http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/bedfires.html. The FDA has received 95 ...More
December 19, 2003
Posted in News