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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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Infection Control Today - 05/2002: Success Story

Centralizing Instrument Decontamination By Susan Bisol, RN, MSN, CNOR and Rodd Bogue, CST When instrument decontamination is decentralized in a healthcare facility, any number of variations can occur. Inadequate cleaning of blood and secretions on surgical instruments can ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Infection Control Today - 05/2002: Microbe of the Month

Microbe of the Month By Roger P. Freeman, DDS You really think your recent bunch of ICT lite-robes qualify for icon status? Have you no sense of history? YOU CAN'T HANDLE HISTORY! 'Cause if you could, you wouldn't have waited this long for my close-up. ( I am only ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles
Nurse Receives Prestigious AORN Award

ANAHEIM, Calif. - the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) presented Cynthia Spry, RN, MSN, MA, CNOR, with one of the national organization's most distinguished awards. At the annual AORN conference, which took place last week in Anaheim, Calif., Spry was ...More
April 29, 2002
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Study: Animals Treated with Antibiotics Causes Human Resistance

BETHESDA, Md - Researchers from the University of Maryland have calculated a mathematical model to determine how humans are effected by animals treated with antibiotics. The study was conducted to further understand a growing cause of alarm within public health - the ...More
April 29, 2002
Posted in News
Eating Healthy May Prevent Colon Cancer

NEW ORLEANS - At a presentation at the annual Experimental Biology 2002 conference, Volker Mai, MD, reported preliminary studies show mice that eat healthy food choices have a lower risk of developing cancer of the colon and gut. Working with the U.S. National Cancer ...More
April 29, 2002
Posted in News
Antacids Promote Bacteria

A new report shows that taking antacids for heartburn may promote the growth of cancer-causing bacteria. The studies, done on mice, show that the stomach ulcer bacteria Helicobacter pylori grow more rapidly after the use of antacids. The bacteria has been recently linked to ...More
April 29, 2002
Posted in News
Eating Healthy May Prevent Colon Cancer

NEW ORLEANS - At a presentation at the annual Experimental Biology 2002 conference, Volker Mai, MD, reported preliminary studies show mice that eat healthy food choices have a lower risk of developing cancer of the colon and gut. Working with the U.S. National Cancer ...More
April 29, 2002
Posted in News
Stem Cell Research Foundation Funds Project

ROCKVILLE, Md. - John D. Gearhart, Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins School of mediine and his co-investigator Michael J. Shamblott, Ph.D. will work with human pluripotent stem cells after receiving a grant from the Stem Cell Research Foundation. Gearhart, one of the two ...More
April 22, 2002
Posted in News
Study Participants Needed

PHOENIX - Officials at the Arizona Research Center are searching for two trials of ALT-711 - an investigational drug used to reverse the effects of hypertension. There are more than 60 testing sites nationally. Patients recruited will receive ALT-711 tablets or placebo one ...More
April 22, 2002
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Brushing Prevents Pneumonia

NEW YORK - Researchers in Japan have discovered that frequent teeth cleaning of nursing home patients significantly reduces their risk of becoming infected with pneumonia. Led by Takeyoshi Yoneyama at Tohoku University in Sendai Japan, researchers followed nursing home ...More
April 22, 2002
Posted in News