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Culturing of Duodenoscopes is Advised

News of patient deaths caused by outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections is fueling media attention and putting the ...read more

New Paradigm for Cleaning Efficacy

Just how efficacious are the cleaning and disinfection interventions performed in healthcare institutions? And what standard are hospitals using to ...read more

Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a ...read more

Preoperative CHG Bathing

This report addresses patient skin cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an effective intervention in the arsenal against surgical site ...read more

Digital Summit: Healthcare Textiles

This digital summit will address proper healthcare textiles management from an infection prevention point of view, illustrate protocols for safe ...read more

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Medical Devices Market Ensures Huge Growth Opportunity for Antimicrobial Coatings Markets

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- There is an overwhelming need to arrest the hospital-acquired infection rates in the United States, which is a serious cause of concern in the healthcare industry. The ability of antimicrobial coatings to address the aforementioned concern expects to ...More
April 10, 2006 Posted in News
Landmark Discovery of a Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Receptor Provides New Perspectives on Disease Associated with HIV/AIDS

This illustration shows how KSHV fuses to and enters a human cell after binding to the protein xCT. Illustration courtesy of NIAID. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have ...More
April 6, 2006 Posted in News
Bird Flu Outbreaks Continue in Africa, Asia, Europe and Near East

WASHINGTON and ROME -- Despite the fact that the deadly H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, has now been confirmed in 45 countries on three continents, threatening human lives as well as livelihoods and depressing poultry prices in many regions, efforts to combat the ...More
April 6, 2006 Posted in News
How Dentists Can Help When Disaster Strikes

Dentists have an “extensive set of skills” that could be tapped to help the nation respond in the event of a mass disaster, says The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA). JADA’s April edition includes three articles and a guest editorial on dentistry as a ...More
April 6, 2006 Posted in News
Feds' Infectious Diseases Strategy Must be Broader than Biodefense, Infectious Disease Physicians Say

As Congress updates anti-bioterrorism legislation, it must take action now to protect the nation against the pressing threats of pandemic influenza, antibiotic-resistant infections, and other serious naturally occurring infections, according to the nation's leading society ...More
April 6, 2006 Posted in News
ASHES Announces 2006 Environmental Services and Housekeeping Week

CHICAGO -- The American Society for Healthcare Ennvironmental Services (ASHES) announces that Sept. 10-16, 2006 has been declared as National Healthcare Environmental Services and Housekeeping Week. With the theme, “Extraordinary People, Extraordinary Work,” this week ...More
April 6, 2006 Posted in News
SHEA’s Annual Scientific Meeting Assembled Industry Professionals to Discuss Mandatory Reporting, Disaster Response and Preparedness

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) held its annual scientific meeting March 18-21, 2006 in Chicago, bringing together physicians and healthcare professionals from around the world involved in research, patient care, and education in the field of ...More
April 5, 2006 Posted in News
Common Bacterial Infection Can Cause Infertility Yet Few Young Women Get Screened

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Chlamydia, a common bacterial infection can lead to infertility, yet new data released today by the American Social Health Association (ASHA) reveal that few young women are getting screened for this disease. The data summarize millions of ...More
April 5, 2006 Posted in News
Researchers Probe Enzyme That May Lead to New SARS Drugs

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and two other institutions have unraveled the structure of an important new drug target from the virus that causes SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome. "By unlocking the three-dimensional structure of this enzyme -- ...More
April 5, 2006 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Commercially Available Antibiotic May Help Fight Dementia in HIV Patients

An antibiotic commonly used to treat a variety of serious infections may also help prevent dementia in HIV patients, according to a test-tube study of human brain cells by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine neurologist Jeffrey Rumbaugh, MD, Ph.D. Results of the lab ...More
April 5, 2006 Posted in News