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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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ICT Business News

ROCHESTER, NY-Getinge/Castle officials have created a new line of steam sterilizers, made of duplex stainless steel. The Getinge/Castle 400/500 HC and 400/500 LS have increased chamber loading capacity, intuitive controls, and a large interactive display screen. "The series ...More
February 12, 2002
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Study: Resistance Builds to Cipro

BOSTON-A new report in The New England Journal of Medicine suggests microbial resistance is already building against the powerful antibiotic Cipro. Research at two Taiwan hospitals examined patients who were infected with Salmonella after eating tainted pork. They were ...More
February 8, 2002
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ICT Business News

GAITHERSBURG, Md-US Army officials have agreed to test pharmaceuticals created y Antex Biologics Inc. The company's antibiotic compound will be used in military bioterrorism research. The antibiotic was created to treat skin and soft tissue infections caused by resistant ...More
February 8, 2002
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Drug May Fight Fat

SYDNEY-In an attempt to cure diabetes, an Australian researcher has developed a drug that may fight fat. Frank NG of Melbourne's Monash University reports the drug has completed two human trials and is fairing well. No serious side effects have been reported. The drug, ...More
February 7, 2002
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Italy Reports First vCJD Case

ROME-Health officials in Italy are trying to prevent the country from panicking after their first reported case of human Mad Cow disease-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). While details about the patient were not released, it has been reported she is a student and ...More
February 7, 2002
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Avian Flu Returns to Hong Kong

HONG KONG-Thousands of chickens have been killed by Hong Kong health officials in an attempt to prevent a bird flu virus from mutating into a potentially lethal human disease. Markets were evacuated as health workers rounded up chickens to be slaughtered. This is the third ...More
February 7, 2002
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Depression, Anxiety Linked to Strokes

WALES, United Kingdom-Researchers in Caerphilly, Wales have reported an trend in fatal strokes in those men who suffer from depression and anxiety. The team of researchers from the University of Bristol observed a group of men for 14 years. They noted those who reported ...More
February 4, 2002
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Dengue Fever Infects Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba-President Fidel Castro discussed a recent outbreak of dengue fever in Cuba this week during a televised speech. Castro reported two deaths and more than 1,600 infections since November of the mosquito-borne illness. Dengue fever is fatal in 5% of infections, ...More
February 4, 2002
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Infection Control Today - 02/2002: Microbe of the Month

Microbe of the Month By Roger P. Freeman, DDS NP, AOM, CAP, URI, HAP, IPD, APD, VAP...whoa! Sounds like a serious outbreak of polyacronymuria. How 'bout I let you arrange the alphabet, while I do my most excellent colonizing, infecting, resisting thing! In many of the ...More
February 1, 2002
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February References

February References "Reprocessing Update," by Kelly M. Pyrek, page 28. 1. US General Accounting Office, Report to Congressional Requesters. Single-use medical devices: Little available evidence of harm from reuse but oversight warranted. June 2000. ...More
February 1, 2002
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