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SSIs in Ambulatory Surgery

In an analysis that included nearly 300,000 patients from eight states who underwent ambulatory surgery, researchers found that the rates of surgical ...read more

Hand Sanitizer Missing in Some Hospitals

Approximately 1 in 5 U.S. healthcare facilities don't make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of care, missing a critical ...read more

Infection Prevention Compliance

Infection Control Today invited infection preventionists to tell us about their experiences with boosting and maintaining compliance with infection ...read more

PPE Utilization in a Pandemic

This report explores the utilization of personal protective equipment and respiratory protection within a pandemic scenario and addresses key issues ...read more

Biocides and Sporicidal Disinfectants

This Pulse provides a quick summary of some of the ideas and perspectives coming out of the 2013 Spring Conference of the Society of Healthcare ...read more

Latest Headlines

Study Tallies High Costs of Health-Related Lost Work Productivity

Newswise -- Employee health problems cost U.S. employers $226 billion per year, with about 70 percent of the losses resulting from reduced productivity rather than work absences, reports a study in the December 2003 issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental ...More
January 8, 2004 Posted in News
Researchers Seek to Clone 'Mad Cow Disease' Resistant Cattle Strain

Newswise -- With about $300,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health, scientists in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) at Virginia Tech are trying to clone cattle that are genetically incapable of developing "Mad Cow ...More
January 8, 2004 Posted in News
The Common Cold As Cancer Fighter? Researchers' Work Moves Into Clinical Trials

ST. LOUIS - Newswise -- Can the common cold ever be a good thing? It is if you've figured out a way to genetically engineer the virus so that it fights and kills cancerous cells -- while leaving healthy cells intact. That's been the work of Dr. William Wold and his ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News
Scientists Discover Enzyme Fully Degrades Mad-Cow Disease Prion

Newswise -- Research by North Carolina State University scientists, in conjunction with scientists from the Netherlands and BioResource International, a North Carolina State spin-off biotechnology company, has shown that, under proper conditions, an enzyme can fully degrade ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News
Biologists Gather New Insight Into How Anthrax Bacteria Can Evade a Host's Immune Response

Newswise -- Biologists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have determined how toxin produced by anthrax bacteria blocks a person's normal immune response, a discovery that could lead to new treatments for anthrax infection. In a paper to be published in the ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Biofilm Antibiotic Resistance May be Susceptible to Genetic Approach

Newswise -- Biofilms, slimy clusters of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, may have a genetic chink in their armor that could be exploited to combat the infections they cause. A study led by Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers used a genetic-based approach ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
New Study Asks: Is Persistently Abnormal Liver Function Tests a Marker of Occult Hepatitis C?

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Patients with persistently abnormal liver function tests but no serologic evidence of liver disease may nevertheless have hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a study published in the Jan. 1, 2004 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases. ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News
New British Study Says Nurses Wash Their Hands More Often Than Doctors

Newswise -- Nurses are more conscientious handwashers than doctors, finds a study in the Dec. 24, 2003 issue of British Medical Journal (BMJ). Handwashing is considered by experts to be a quick, cheap and easy way of preventing the spread of infection. Identical soap ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene
E Med Future, Inc. Acquires Medical Safety Technologies, Inc.

COLUMBUS, Ohio and PLANT CITY, Fla.-- E Med Future, Inc., a manufacturer of medical safety products, and UTEK Corporation, an innovative technology transfer company, announce that E Med Future, Inc. has acquired Medical Safety Technologies, Inc. (MSTI), a UTEK subsidiary. ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News
Investigational Vaccine for Hepatitis C Tested for First Time in Humans

ST. LOUIS - Newswise -- With an estimated 170 million people around the world already infected with hepatitis C, Saint Louis University is testing, for the first time in humans, an investigational vaccine that researchers hope will prevent infection with the virus. The ...More
January 7, 2004 Posted in News