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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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Scientists Discover How Mast Cells Fight, Destroy Germs

ROSEVILLE, Minn-What is being called a breaththrough discovery has been made at the Parker Hughes Cancer Center. Scientists have discovered a new element of the body's immune system that fights infection. Reported in the journal Immunity, the researchers discuss the ...More
August 24, 2001
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Association of Medical Device Preprocessors Applauds FDA Extension

WASHINGTON, DC-The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced it will extend the application deadlines for premarket approval applications for certain reprocessed "single use" devices. The federal agency will also delay enforcement of the regulations affecting ...More
August 24, 2001
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Given Imaging Files For Public Offering

YOQNEAM, Isreal-Given Imaging Ltd., which made headlines recently with their new virtual colonoscopy equipment, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The company wants to be listed on the Nasdaq ...More
August 23, 2001
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Blood Test, Sigmoidoscopy Often Miss Colorectal Cancers

PORTLAND, Ore-A new study from The New England Journal of Medicine reports that fecal occult-blood testing and sigmoidoscopy often fail to find one-quarter of advanced neoplasia cases. David A. Lieberman, MD, from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland, Oregon and ...More
August 23, 2001
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China Fights Hepatitis B

BIEJING, China-Dirty needles and acupuncture are to blame for more than 75% of the Chinese population being infected with the hepatitis B virus. More than 10 million people in the country are estimated to be ill with the disease. Hepatitis B can be spread three ways: ...More
August 22, 2001
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Monks, Nurses, Ex-Prostitutes Work To Combat AIDS in Thailand

MAE CHAN, Thailand-From women in saunas, soaking in acrid herbal steam, to children watching a puppet show, a small farming district in Thailand is being slowly reformed by volunteers who are trying to stop the spread of AIDS. Monks, students, ex-prostitutes, nurses, ...More
August 22, 2001
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Contaminated Needles Spread Hepatitis in China

UOPING, China-More than 60% of Chinese people are suffering from hepatitis B-a virus that infects only 1% of Americans by comparison. Experts believe the leading cause of this epidemic is infected needles. People in rural area of China believe an injection can cure many ...More
August 20, 2001
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Gates Vaccinates Asia

SIEM REAP, Cambodia-Chan Rasmey, a 6-month-old girl, was the first child to be vaccinated in Cambodia under The Vaccine Fund, a $1.8 billion initiative to prevent illnesses in poor countries. The project is predominately funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ...More
August 20, 2001
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Quarantine Ordered in Wisconsin E. coli Scare

MILWAUKEE, Wisc-The Ozaukee County fairgrounds have been quarantined while officials search for the source of a recent E. coli outbreak that made 10 children sick, with two in possible kidney failure. Each of the children went to the August 1-5 fair, but health officials ...More
August 17, 2001
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CDC Warns Public of Tetanus Vaccine Shortage

ATLANTA, Ga-Officals at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are asking physicians nationwide to delay the fourth shot of the five-dose tetanus-diphtheria vaccine because of an immediate shortage. The lack of supply comes after Wyeth Lederle stopped making ...More
August 17, 2001
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