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Infection Control Tomorrow

Learn more about Infection Control Tomorrow, the industry's most progressive 2-day in-person event discussing traditional strategies and leading ...read more

Science Summit: Emerging Pathogens

The Science Summits provide an opportunity for manufacturers in the infection prevention and control arena to present and explain the science behind ...read more

Ebola Insights

One year after the first Ebola cases started to surface in Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) is publishing a series of 14 papers that take ...read more

PPE and Ebola Preparedness

A recent increase in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) has caused delays for some products ordered by U.S. hospitals for Ebola ...read more

Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring

Report Summary Hospital executives, infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists are by now familiar with a number of givens relating to ...read more

Latest Headlines

Healthcare Leaders Applaud New HCAHPS Survey; NQF Releases First-Ever Nationally Standardized Patient Perception of Care Survey

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A nationally standardized survey for measuring how patients perceive the care they receive in hospitals was made available today when the National Quality Forum (NQF) released a report conveying the first-ever such standardized survey and reporting ...More
November 30, 2005 Posted in News
Bioject to Develop a Disposable Cartridge Jet Injection System for Global Immunizations

BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Bioject Medical Technologies Inc., a leading developer of needle-free drug delivery systems, announced today that it has signed a long-term collaboration agreement with PATH for the development of a single-use, needle-free, disposable cartridge jet ...More
November 29, 2005 Posted in News
First Blood Safety Training Center in Henan Province Opens Through Joint Venture of Chinese Ministry of Health and U.S.-Based Safe Blood for China Foundation

HENAN PROVINCE, China -- Taking a major step forward in the fight against HIV/AIDS in China, Vice Minister Huang Jiefu opened today the country's first joint venture blood safety training center in Henan Province funded and operated by the Washington, D.C.-based Safe Blood ...More
November 29, 2005 Posted in News
Researchers Develop Vaccine Platform That May Help Fight Infections With Causes Ranging From Influenza to Bioterrorism Agents

PITTSBURGH -- The development of effective vaccines for people with compromised immune systems may be feasible after all, according to a team of researchers, who demonstrated their approach could protect against pneumocystis pneumonia in mice lacking the same population of ...More
November 29, 2005 Posted in News
Cheryl Wolf Elected to OSAP Board

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Cheryl Wolf, CDA, BS, has been elected to the association board of the Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures (OSAP). She is the faculty and distance learning course developer at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C. ...More
November 28, 2005 Posted in News
Fatal Attraction: Some Children are Far More Susceptible to Contracting Malaria than Others

Some children play a more important role in the transmission of malaria because they provide an attractive target for mosquitoes, new research reveals. A study of children in Africa estimates that 80 percent of all new infections are concentrated in just one-fifth of the ...More
November 28, 2005 Posted in News
Avian Flu in Perspective: Physician Reviews ‘Spectacular’ Findings

An article by Robert Belshe, MD, of Saint Louis University School of Medicine in the Nov. 24, 2005 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reviews recent “spectacular achievements of contemporary molecular biology” that hold great importance as the world prepares for a ...More
November 28, 2005 Posted in News
Problem of Emerging Infectious Diseases Likely to Worsen

Emerging infectious diseases pose a global threat to human and animal health, and the problem is likely to worsen, warns an expert in this week’s British Medical Journal. The recent emergence of diseases such as AIDS, SARS and avian flu have catapulted emerging infectious ...More
November 28, 2005 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
CDC Director Announces New Center Directors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, announced today the appointment of new directors for three key organizational components of the federal agency responsible for protecting the nation's health. "These individuals are ...More
November 23, 2005 Posted in News
U.S. Swine Workers at Increased Risk of Infection with Swine Influenza Virus

With national attention focused on the avian flu threat, other infections that could be transmitted from animals to people are also coming under scrutiny. People with work exposure to pigs, such as farmers, veterinarians and meat processing workers, are at heightened risk ...More
November 23, 2005 Posted in News