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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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MRSA Contamination Can Be Reduced by Using Copper Alloys for Surfaces in Healthcare Facilities

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July 7, 2004 Posted in News
Grand Valley State University Study Finds Connection Between Nurse Fatigue, Patient Errors

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A major nationwide study co- authored by a Grand Valley State University nursing professor found that the long hours worked by hospital staff nurses may have adverse effects on patient safety. Linda Scott, Grand Valley ...More
July 7, 2004 Posted in News
3-D Structure of Anthrax Toxin Complex Solved

LA JOLLA -- Scientists have determined a three-dimensional (3-D) molecular image of how anthrax toxin enters human cells, giving scientists more potential targets for blocking the toxin, the lethal part of anthrax bacteria. The finding also points to a possible way to ...More
July 6, 2004 Posted in News
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Takes Steps to Expand Market Potential for StaphVAX Beyond ESRD Patient Population

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announces that it has initiated the first in a series of additional clinical studies for StaphVAX (Staphylococcus aureus Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine), its investigational vaccine designed to prevent the most prevalent strains ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News
Investigation into China's Recent SARS Outbreak Yields Important Lessons for Global Public Health

BEIJING and MANILA, Philippines -- It has been more than two months since the Ministry of Health of China notified WHO and the world about an outbreak of SARS in Beijing and Anhui Province. Since then, WHO experts have been supporting the Chinese authorities in their ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
BD Announces Settlement of Pending Lawsuit

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced that the company has entered into an agreement July 1, 2004 to settle the lawsuit filed against it by Retractable Technologies, Inc. (RTI) in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas in ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News
Multivitamins During Pregnancy and After Birth Delay Progression of HIV In Women

Multivitamin supplements containing high doses of the vitamin B complex, as well as vitamins C and E, given to HIV-infected women during pregnancy and for more than five years after they gave birth reduced the symptoms of AIDS, according to a study of Tanzanian women ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News
Stress Affects Immunity in Ways Related to Stress Type and Duration

Psychologists have long known that stress affects our ability to fight infection, but a major new “meta-analysis” – a study of studies – has elucidated intriguing patterns of how stress affects human immunity, strengthening it in the short term but wearing it down over ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News
Parental Supervision May Reduce the Risk for STDs in Adolescents

African-American female adolescents who reported that they had high levels of parental supervision had reduced incidence of gonorrhea and chlamydia infections than their peers who reported low parental supervision, according to an article in the July 2004 issue of The ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News
Severe Sepsis Causes Almost 10 Percent of Cancer Deaths

Severe sepsis is a costly complication in hospitalized cancer patients causing around one in ten cancer deaths each year in the United States, according to an article published today in Critical Care. The excessive response to infection in patients with severe sepsis ...More
July 5, 2004 Posted in News