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Infection Control Tomorrow

Learn more about Infection Control Tomorrow, the industry's most progressive 2-day in-person event discussing traditional strategies and leading ...read more

Science Summit: Emerging Pathogens

The Science Summits provide an opportunity for manufacturers in the infection prevention and control arena to present and explain the science behind ...read more

The Volatile World of Influenza Viruses

The current global influenza situation is characterized by a number of trends that must be closely monitored. These include: an increase in the ...read more

Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a ...read more

Preoperative CHG Bathing

This report addresses patient skin cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an effective intervention in the arsenal against surgical site ...read more

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Panel Updates Guidelines for Treatment of Adult HIV Infection

With antiretroviral therapy for adults with HIV infection continuing to evolve, the International AIDS Society – USA Panel has issued updated recommendations for the treatment of HIV, according to a report in the August 16 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS. Scott M. ...More
August 14, 2006 Posted in News
Four-Drug Combo is No Improvement Over Standard Three-Drug Regimen in Suppressing HIV

Adding a fourth medication to a standard three-drug "cocktail" employed to suppress HIV and prevent AIDS does not improve the effectiveness of treatment, concludes a major multicenter clinical trial led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell ...More
August 14, 2006 Posted in News
Pennsylvania Hospitals Launch Grassroots Effort to Reduce Risk of Medical Error

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Hospitals in northeastern and central Pennsylvania are working together to develop standards for the use of color-coded patient wristbands in their facilities. Wristband colors are often used to convey clinical information to nurses, physicians and other ...More
August 9, 2006 Posted in News
FDA Seeks Comments on Use of Identifier System for Medical Devices

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking information on how the use of a unique identifier system for medical devices may reduce medical errors, facilitate device recalls and improve medical device adverse event reporting. A notice will appear in Friday's Federal ...More
August 9, 2006 Posted in News
IDSA and SHEA Urge Focus on Pandemic Vaccines

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) are encouraging the White House to adopt a strengthened effort to develop pandemic vaccines as a primary focus of the U.S. government's national strategy for ...More
August 8, 2006 Posted in Blogs
IDSA, SHEA Urge White House to Emphasize Vaccines as a Strategy for Controlling Pandemic Flu

A strengthened effort to develop pandemic vaccines should be the primary focus of the U.S. government's national strategy for pandemic influenza, according to two leading professional societies representing infectious disease and infection control experts. Other strategies, ...More
August 8, 2006 Posted in News
Researchers Find "Secret Weapon" Used by SARS Virus

In 2003, the highly contagious and often-deadly mystery disease now called SARS emerged explosively out of Southern China. It eventually killed an estimated 916 people in Asia, Europe, and North and South America—nearly 1 in 10 of those it infected. When scientists ...More
August 8, 2006 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

If you’re staying in a hotel room these days, you’d better check between the sheets for an uninvited guest. Infestations of bed bugs are making headlines lately, and the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) indicates that these kinds of infestations have been ...More
August 7, 2006 Posted in Blogs
New Smallpox Protein Structure Could Aid in Drug Design

The smallpox virus topoisomerase enzyme-DNA complex (DNA, yellow; topoisomerase, blue; covalent bond between the topoisomerase and the DNA, pink sphere). Image courtesy of Kay Perry, PhD; Frederic D. Bushman, PhD; Gregory D. Van Duyne, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School ...More
August 4, 2006 Posted in News
Researchers’ "Movie" Spies on Malaria Parasite's Sneaky Behavior

Malaria has been outsmarting the human immune system for centuries. Now, using real-time imaging to track malaria infections in live mice, researchers have discovered one of the parasite’s sneakiest tricks—using dead liver cells to cloak and transport itself back into the ...More
August 4, 2006 Posted in News