• Report: Colonscopies Best Method of Colorectal Cancer Screening
    NEW YORK-A new report from a team of researchers at the Veterans Health Services Research and Development in Ann Arbor, Mich, suggests colonoscopies performed at ages 50 and 60 are the most efficacious screening method for colorectal cancer. Sandeep Vijan, MD, headed ...More
    January 10, 2002
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  • AORN, Kimberly-Clark Host 6th Annual Infectious Disease Conference
    ROSWELL, Ga-Healthcare workers from the US, and Korea joined together at Kimberly-Clark's corporate facility in Roswell, Ga, to discuss the latest in infectious diseases December 3-5. "The knowledge that perioperative healthcare providers have with regard to expeditious ...More
    January 9, 2002
    Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
  • Eli Lilly, Vertex Pair to Fight Hepatitis
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass-In 1997, officials from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly decided to take a chance on a new biotechnology company, Vertex, by investing some $10 million. Five years later, the two companies have come together to announce Phase I clinical trial expectations of a ...More
    January 9, 2002
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  • Measle Vaccination Campaign Fans Afghanistan
    KABUL, Afghanistan-While hard to believe, there is a killer in Afghanistan more elusive than the greatly hunted Osama bin Laden. The virus responsible for causing measles is a cunning killer in a country where vaccinations are a luxury. Officials at the UN Children's Fund ...More
    January 7, 2002
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  • Japanese Agriculture Officials Resign: Criticized for Mad Cow Outbreak
    TOKYO-Two top agriculture officials in Japan have resigned after being publicly blamed for the island nation's recent brush with bovine spongiform encephelopathy (BSE)-also known as Mad Cow disease. Hideaki Kumazawa, vice minister of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, ...More
    January 7, 2002
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  • Success Story
    Success Story Reducing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections By Lynette Smith, RN, BSN, CIC During the past 10 months, LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh, Inc. has compared data of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) among its long-term acute care ...More
    January 1, 2002
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  • Infection Control Today - 01/2002: Microbe of the Month
    Microbe of the Month By Roger P. Freeman, DDS You lookin' at me? 'Cause I'm lookin' back at you. Truth be told, I am one personality-potentiated parasite. You may not want to get too up-close-and-personal, though, 'cause while I'm smilin' on the outside, I will grip and rip ...More
    January 1, 2002
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  • January References
    January References "Healthcare Workers Exposed: Chemicals Necessary, Dangerous," by Kelli M. Donley, page 12. 1. Buck, KM. "Disinfectant Safety." Infection Control Today. May, 2000, p. 16 2. www.atsdr.cdc.gov 3. www.ccohs.ca 4. "Dartmouth Researcher ...More
    January 1, 2002
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  • Going Boldly into the 21st Century and Beyond
    Going Boldly into the 21st Century and Beyond New Technology Will Revolutionize Central Service and Sterile Processing By Bryant C. Broder, CSPDT, ACSP and Michael Murphy, ACSP We were definitely two of those kids in the '60s that couldn't get enough Star Trek or science ...More
    January 1, 2002
    Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
  • Infection Control Today - 01/2002: Infection Control, Bioterrorism Control
    Infection Control, Bioterrorism Control By Susan Harris, RN, BS, CIC, Gretchen Himes, RN, BSN, Denise G. Nesselrodt, RN, MSN, CIC, Lanette L. Rhodes, RN, BS, CIC, and John H. Armstrong, MD Although the concept of a bioterrorist threat or attack might be a hoax or near miss, ...More
    January 1, 2002
    Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions