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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

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FDA Extends Deadline for SUD Reviews

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the review deadline of Supplemental Validation Submissions (SVSs) by 90 days to November 1, 2004. The new deadline will give reprocessors who have submitted good but inadequate information the opportunity to submit ...More
August 10, 2004 Posted in News
WHO Announces End of Ebola Outbreak in Southern Sudan

GENEVA – It has been more than 42 days since the last person identified as infected with Ebola haemorrhagic fever died in Yambio Hospital in southern Sudan. As 42 days is twice the maximum incubation period for Ebola, and as no further cases have been identified, WHO ...More
August 9, 2004 Posted in News
PURE Bioscience's Axen30 May Be Key to Listeria Control

SAN DIEGO -- The patented silver dihydrogen citrate disinfection technology from PURE Bioscience could be a powerful new weapon against the dangerous Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists Listeriosis as a serious ...More
August 9, 2004 Posted in News
Three New West Nile Virus Cases Confirmed in New Mexico

SANTA FE -- The New Mexico Department of Health announces that two adults, a man from Eddy County, and a woman from Taos County, and a child from San Juan County, have tested positive for West Nile Virus infection. The woman had only mild symptoms of the virus while the man ...More
August 9, 2004 Posted in News
Pelicans Are First Known West Nile Virus Carriers This Year in Montana

State health officials have learned that six pelicans nesting at a waterfowl refuge in northeastern Montana have tested positive for West Nile virus. The discovery represents the first signs of the virus documented in the state this year. Employees of the Medicine Lake ...More
August 9, 2004 Posted in News
Potential Salmonella Threat Posed by Pet Turtles Being Sold in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wisc. -- The Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services has learned that small turtles are being offered for sale as pets in various parts of the state despite a federal prohibition against their sale and distribution. The sale of these animals is of ...More
August 9, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
vCJD Continues to Baffle Scientists; Teenagers Susceptible

That young people tend to eat more beef products is not enough to explain the strikingly high proportion of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob (vCJD) disease cases among children and adolescents. An article published this week in BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that young people ...More
August 9, 2004 Posted in News
School Nurses Urge Back-to-School Tetanus Immunizations for Adolescents

DENVER -- As the final weeks of summer dwindle away, parents are scurrying to provide their kids with all the books, supplies and sports equipment needed to meet this year's upcoming academic and athletic challenges. The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) ...More
August 6, 2004 Posted in News
New Instrumentation Offers Advantages in Diagnosis and Post-treatment Monitoring of Helicobacter pylori Infection

LAFAYETTE, Colo. -- Meretek Diagnostics Inc. announces that Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan) received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its 510(k) application to market the POCone Infrared Spectrophotometer. The POCone is a new instrument which ...More
August 6, 2004 Posted in News
Needleless Injection and Transcutaneous Drug Delivery Techniques Driving Novel Therapeutics in the Effort to Better Fight Disease

CHERRY HILL, N.J. -- Drug delivery, pharmaceutical and biotech companies from around the world are aggressively competing to bring to market new ways to introduce a variety of drugs through the dermis without the traditional skin-breaking techniques associated with the ...More
August 6, 2004 Posted in News