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Link Between Antibiotics and Biofilms

Researchers from USC and the Oak Crest Institute of Science have discovered the link between antibiotics and bacterial biofilm formation leading to ...read more

Fist Bump Beats Handshake

“Fist bumping” transmits significantly fewer bacteria than either handshaking or high-fiving, while still addressing the cultural ...read more

National Immunization Awareness Month 2014

Each year in August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) provides an opportunity to highlight the value of immunization across the lifespan. ...read more

Healthcare Reform

Infection prevention's role in quality improvement initiatives is becoming more of an imperative within the overall efforts by healthcare ...read more

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IPM Enters Into a Preliminary Agreement With GlaxoSmithKline to Explore Potential of Anti-HIV Compounds as Microbicides

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has announced that it has entered into a material transfer agreement with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) under which GSK will select and provide proprietary anti-HIV compounds to be tested for possible use as ...More
September 24, 2004 Posted in News
Newest Recommendations Highlight the Urgency for Childhood Influenza Vaccination

A report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that only 4.4 percent of the nation’s children aged 6 to 23 months were fully vaccinated against influenza during the 2002-03 influenza season, the first season CDC encouraged influenza ...More
September 24, 2004 Posted in News
ASHES Announces Phoenix Award Winner

ORLANDO -- The American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) announced at its 19th annual conference in Orlando, Fla. that Diane Pennington, CHESP, director of environmental and nutrition services at Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital in Lehighton, Pa. ...More
September 24, 2004 Posted in News
AHRMM Announces 2005 Election Results

CHICAGO -- The Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) recently announced election results for its 2005 governing board. AHRMM members voted in a new president-elect and representatives for regions one, four, and five. Robert H. Perry, MBA, ...More
September 24, 2004 Posted in News
NIOSH Publishes Alert on Preventing Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published its alert on the risks of environmental and occupational exposure for healthcare workers who handle antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs. The announcement is made by Baxa ...More
September 24, 2004 Posted in News
Fall is the Time to Think About Flu Vaccinations for Kids

ST. LOUIS -- Even though we are done with summer colds and the winter flu seems far away, we can’t sit back and relax regarding children’s health during the fall, which started this week. “With fall under way, we should be preparing to protect our kids from flu and other ...More
September 24, 2004 Posted in News
Flu Shot Locator on American Lung Association's lungusa.org Aims to Reduce Infections, Deaths

NEW YORK -- As the flu season is about to begin, the American Lung Association today launched its online "flu shot locator" at http://www.lungusa.org to help more people find and obtain flu vaccinations in their neighborhoods. "Approximately 200,000 hospitalizations and ...More
September 23, 2004 Posted in News
Advisory Panel Recommends FDA Licensure of Aventis' Menactra(TM) Vaccine for Protection Against Meningococcal Disease

SWIFTWATER, Pa. -- Aventis, part of the sanofi-aventis Group, announced today that the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to recommend licensure of Menactra(TM) (Meningococcal [Groups ...More
September 23, 2004 Posted in News
HHS Orders Avian Flu Vaccine Doses As Preventive Measure

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today the awarding of a contract to Aventis Pasteur Inc. to manufacture and store 2 million doses of avian influenza H5N1 vaccine, an important initial acquisition to better prepare the nation for an influenza pandemic. The vaccine ...More
September 23, 2004 Posted in News
World's Leading Infectious Disease Specialists Convene to Discuss the Prevention and Treatment of Global Health Threats

NORTHBROOK, Ill. -- More than 1,500 researchers, physicians and scientists from around the world who specialize in tropical medicine and parasitology will meet at the 53rd American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting Nov. 7-11, 2004 in ...More
September 22, 2004 Posted in News