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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

High-Risk and Healthy Persons Need Reminder to Be Immunized Before Influenza Hits in January

SWIFTWATER, Pa. -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported sporadic cases of influenza disease in 17 states across the country, and says it's not too late to get vaccinated against influenza. While the influenza season can begin as early as ...More
December 12, 2002
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Microtek Medical Announces Manufacturing Supply Agreement With Depuy Orthopaedics

COLUMBUS, Miss. -- Microtek Medical Holdings, Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Microtek Medical, Inc. has signed a strategic supply agreement with DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. to manufacture and supply certain of DePuy's orthopaedic medical devices and operating ...More
December 12, 2002
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Inhibitex Receives FDA Fast-Track Status for Veronate to Treat Staph

ATLANTA - Inhibitex, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the prevention and treatment of staphylococcal and other bacterial infections, today announced that Veronate, its lead product, has been granted fast track status by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ...More
December 11, 2002
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HEALTHPOINT Creates HEALTHPOINT Surgical Division, Launches Oasis Wound Matrix Product to New Markets

FORT WORTH, Texas -- H. Paul Dorman, president and CEO of HEALTHPOINT, Ltd., a Texas-based market leader in skin asepsis, tissue management, and dermatology products, has announced the formation of HEALTHPOINT Surgical, a new division of the company that will further expand ...More
December 10, 2002
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Institute of Food Technologists Issues Steps to Protect Against Illness

CHICAGO -- Norwalk-like viruses are responsible for sickening millions of people every year, and recent outbreaks on luxury cruise liners underscore the need for more awareness of the leading known cause of transmissible foodborne illness. A fourth outbreak was reported ...More
December 6, 2002
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Aetna Safe Vaccine Storage Project Focuses on Improving Patient Safety at 5,300 Physicians' Offices Nationwide

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Adults and children who receive vaccinations at more than 5,300 primary care physicians' (PCPs) offices nationwide may be more likely to receive an effective dose, following a major quality management and patient safety initiative by Aetna. Details of the ...More
December 5, 2002
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Sandel Medical Industries LLC Addresses Medical Healthcare Crisis

Media attention to information released in the Institute of Medicine's 2000 publication, "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System," where it was reported that an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 people die each year from preventable medical errors -- is widespread. This ...More
December 4, 2002
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London Tuberculosis Rates Now at Third World Proportions

LONDON -- Today at a London parliamentary briefing, health and development experts warned of worryingly high rates of tuberculosis in the capital and described a wave of TB across western Europe linked to globalization -- and increased travel and population movement -- ...More
December 4, 2002
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Infectious Disease Experts Recommend Against Mass Smallpox Vaccination

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- As the White House weighs the options for a national smallpox immunization plan, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) continues to recommend that the U.S. not begin routine mass immunization against smallpox, even on a voluntary basis, citing ...More
December 4, 2002
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Gradipore's Gradiflow Separation Technology Granted U.S. Patent for Removal of Biological Contaminants

NEW YORK -- Gradipore announces that it has been granted U.S. patent 6,464,851 for its core technology, Gradiflow, for the removal of biological contaminants from biological samples. Gradiflow is a unique membrane-based separation technology that allows molecules of ...More
December 4, 2002
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