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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

The Volatile World of Influenza Viruses

The current global influenza situation is characterized by a number of trends that must be closely monitored. These include: an increase in the ...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

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Culture Change is at Core of Patient-Safety Improvements

A new study of innovative patient-safety programs found an overriding “culture of safety” that transcends the six different initiatives analyzed. “Almost everyone that gets into this business comes to believe that a culture of safety is a critical factor in changing ...More
March 18, 2006 Posted in News
WHO Launches New Stop TB Strategy to Fight the Global Tuberculosis Epidemic

LONDON and GENEVA -- A new strategy to fight one of the world's leading killers - tuberculosis (TB) - was launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO). The new "Stop TB Strategy" addresses the current challenges facing countries in responding to TB -- how to ...More
March 17, 2006 Posted in News
Vaccinated Adults Less Likely to Die from Pneumonia

Adults hospitalized for pneumonia who have received the pneumococcal vaccine are at a lower risk of dying from the disease than those who haven't been vaccinated, according to an article in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. Prior ...More
March 15, 2006 Posted in News
AcryMed, Inc. Receives Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award for Its Innovative SilvaGard Coating

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis of the coatings markets selected AcryMed, Inc. as the recipient of the 2005 Product Innovation of the Year Award for its innovative antimicrobial treatment process, SilvaGard. This process uses a nano particle ...More
March 14, 2006 Posted in News
New Research Questions Antibiotic Use in Infants

Children exposed to at least one course of antibiotics in their first year of life may have an increased risk of developing childhood asthma. New research published in the March issue of Chest, the peer-reviewed journal of the AmericanCollege of Chest Physicians (ACCP), ...More
March 14, 2006 Posted in News
Kimberly-Clark Health Care Launches InteguSeal Microbial Sealant

ROSWELL, Ga. -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s healthcare business announces that it has launched an innovative microbial barrier designed to reduce the risk of skin flora contamination during a surgical procedure. KIMBERLY-CLARK* InteguSeal* Microbial Sealant uses a ...More
March 13, 2006 Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Rubbermaid Recognized for Environmental Platform

Pictured from left to right: Bob Kibbe, Vice President Sales & Marketing for RCP; Kevin Affeldt, Director of National Accounts for RCP; Larry McIsaac, President of RCP; Steven Ashkin, President of The Ashkin Group; Joe DeZarn, Director of Marketing Communications for ...More
March 13, 2006 Posted in News
Study Finds Smokers' Children Carry Higher Levels of Harmful Bacteria

Many of the medical risks associated with smoking, such as cancer, emphysema and heart attacks, are well-known to physicians and the general public. However, there is new evidence that more children exposed to tobacco smoke carry Streptococcus pneumoniae than children ...More
March 13, 2006 Posted in News
Worm Hormone Discovery May Aid Fight Against Parasitic Disease

New research at UT Southwestern Medical Center shows that on a biochemical level, hormone-like molecules in tiny worms called nematodes work similarly to the way in which certain hormones work in humans – findings that one day may help eradicate worm infections that afflict ...More
March 13, 2006 Posted in News
New York ICP Recognized as "Hero" by APIC

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, an infection prevention and control professional at Rochester GeneralHospital in Rochester, N.Y., was named one of the 2006 “Heroes of Infection Prevention” by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and ...More
March 13, 2006 Posted in News