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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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Rapid Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections with Novel Biosensor Technology

For the millions of people who suffer from urinary tract infections each year and the doctors who treat them, a promising new biosensor technology has been developed that may replace antiquated testing methods and save precious health care dollars. In a recent clinical ...More
February 3, 2006 Posted in News
Evidence Supports Call Not to Use Certain Type of Anti-viral Drugs for Flu

Recent, additional data show that the prevalence of adamantane-resistant influenza A viruses is high across the United States, according to a new study published online today by JAMA because of its public health importance. The study will be published in the Feb. 22 print ...More
February 3, 2006 Posted in News
Ironing Out New Details of Tuberculosis Infection

Scientists in India, led by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar, have identified five key genes that enable Mycobacterium tuberculosis to acquire the iron it needs to sustain growth and promote infection. “Targeting genes within this ...More
February 3, 2006 Posted in News
New Teams Join Network to Model Pandemic Flu, Other Infectious Outbreaks

Four new scientific teams joined an international research network developing computer-based simulations of pandemic flu and other infectious disease outbreaks, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a component of the National Institutes of Health, ...More
February 2, 2006 Posted in News
Soaring UK Rates of Chlamydia Infection Partly Caused by More Sensitive Tests

More sensitive testing methods might account for some of the sharp increase in reported Chlamydia trachomatis infections, suggests research in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the developed world, ...More
February 2, 2006 Posted in News
Text Messaging Speeds Up Treatment for Chlamydia Infection

Text messaging the results of a Chlamydia test speeds up treatment for the infection and cuts down on staff time, suggests a six-month study in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections. The sexual health clinic at London’s Chelsea and WestminsterHospital tried out a text ...More
February 2, 2006 Posted in News
New Course on AIDS Explores 'The Perfect Ecology' of a Killer

Rick Keller, an assistant professor of medical history, explains the public health context in which HIV/AIDS was first reported by the Centers for Disease Control 25 years ago. Keller is team-teaching an interdisciplinary course on the global AIDS pandemic with Maria ...More
February 1, 2006 Posted in News
Biologists Build Better Software, Beat Path to Viral Knowledge

Pictured are images of Epsilon 15, a virus that infects the bacterium Salmonella. From the left-side cross section of the viral particle's interior, obtained with an advanced magnifier called a cryo-electron microscope, a team including Purdue structural biologist Wen Jiang ...More
February 1, 2006 Posted in News
Challenges and Benefits of Double-Gloving in Surgery

Challenges and Benefits of Double-Gloving in Surgery By Deborah Davis, PhD Ronald L. Nichols, MD, the William Henderson professor of surgery-emeritus and professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans has stated, ...More
February 1, 2006 Posted in Articles, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION

OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION An ICP’s Worst Nightmare By Kathy Dix Recent bioterrorism scares have shone a spotlight on emerging diseases and raised fears of outbreaks that are due to global enemies. Anthrax and smallpox were at the forefront of these scares, but even excluding ...More
February 1, 2006 Posted in Articles