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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

Cleaning the OR

Experts are pushing for a surgical conscience in the operating room that also encompasses a heightened awareness of intraoperative transmission of ...read more

Vectorborne Diseases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joins the World Health Organization (WHO) and other public health partners in recognizing World ...read more

Infection Prevention and Hand Hygiene

Growing body of evidence demonstrates that patients who are more actively involved in their healthcare experience better health outcomes and incur ...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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Climate-Based Model to Predict West Nile Virus Activity

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell University scientists are launching a full-scale study on the influence of climate on mosquito populations that transmit diseases such as West Nile virus (WNV) to humans. Funded by a $495,000 Global Programs grant from the National Oceanic and ...More
July 15, 2004 Posted in News
To Help Reduce Healthcare Errors, B. Braun Shares HFMEA(R) Knowledge

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- B. Braun Medical, Inc., a leading healthcare products and services company dedicated to sharing expertise in patient and caregiver safety, announced today a new consulting service that is designed to positively influence patient care outcomes. B. Braun's ...More
July 15, 2004 Posted in News
NIAID Expands Clinical Trial of Experimental West Nile Virus Treatment

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has expanded its clinical trial of an experimental West Nile virus (WNV) treatment to about 60 sites throughout the United States and Canada. The multi-center trial, which opened at 36 sites last September, is ...More
July 14, 2004 Posted in News
New Method Enables Researchers to Make Human SARS Antibodies Quickly

Human antibodies that thwart the SARS virus in mice can be mass-produced quickly using a new laboratory technique developed by an international research team collaborating with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes ...More
July 14, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
36.5 Million People of Working Age Have HIV

An estimated 36.5 million people of working age have HIV and by next year the global labor force will have lost as many as 28 million workers due to AIDS since the start of the epidemic, according to a new global report by the International Labor Office (ILO) published ...More
July 13, 2004 Posted in News
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Targets GSK Over Voluntary Licensing of AIDS Drug Patents in South Africa

At the international AIDS conference in Bangkok, AIDS Healthcare Foundation hosted a peaceful protest against British multinational pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline over its voluntary licensing of its AIDS drug patents in South Africa. GSK, the world's second-largest ...More
July 13, 2004 Posted in News
Vermont Department of Health Reports Chittenden County Toddler Died From Meningococcal Disease

The Vermont Department of Health has repored that a Chittenden County toddler died over the weekend from meningococcal disease. The child, who attended Ed-U-Care Children's Center in Essex Junction, became ill on Saturday night, was taken to the hospital and died early ...More
July 13, 2004 Posted in News
Drugs and Crime Often Neglected Factors in the Evolution of HIV/AIDS Pandemic

The executive director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, is participating in the Bangkok International AIDS Conference in his capacity as chair of the UNAIDS Committee of Co-sponsoring Organizations (CCO), which started on July 1, ...More
July 13, 2004 Posted in News
Priorities on Dealing with the 'Big Three' Infectious Diseases: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

David Molyneux, a professor at the the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, England, outlines how priorities on dealing with ‘the big 3’ infectious diseases -- HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria -- is obstructing public health initiatives to tackle ...More
July 13, 2004 Posted in News
APIC Cautions Public to Avoid Contracting West Nile Virus

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As warmer weather encourages outdoor activities, more U.S. residents will be exposed to the mosquitoes that transmit the West Nile Virus. Families and individuals in areas that have a history of West Nile Virus infections should be extra vigilant in ...More
July 13, 2004 Posted in News