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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

Anthrax Incident Points to Safety Issues

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report today that reviews the early June incident that involved the ...read more

Tetanus Infection

The CDC offers information on tetanus infection caused by Clostridium tetani. ...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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Massachusetts Reports Third Human Case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis

BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) today reported eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a male Middleboro resident who is in his 20s. The EEE virus (EEEV) infection was established by tests completed at the State Laboratory Institute on Sept. 16, ...More
September 17, 2004 Posted in News
Illinois Department of Health Issues Advisory on Tainted Ground Beef

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Department of Public Health today issued a consumer advisory for ground beef purchased at B & G Foods of Galesburg between August 10 and 16, 2004 after the product was implicated in reports of bacterial illness in Illinois and visitors ...More
September 17, 2004 Posted in News
Indiana State Health Officials Warn That Pertussis is on the Rise

INDIANAPOLIS -- State health officials report an increase in cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in Indiana and urge parents to get their children immunized. So far in 2004, there have been 81 confirmed cases of pertussis in Indiana, compared to 44 at this time in 2003. ...More
September 17, 2004 Posted in News
Senate Appropriations Committee Passes FY ’05 Foreign Aid Spending Bill and Includes $32 Million for Microbicide Development

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Alliance for Microbicide Development, the Global Campaign for Microbicides and the International Partnership for Microbicides announce today that the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the FY 2005 Foreign Operations bill to include a $10 million ...More
September 16, 2004 Posted in News
Major PEGASYS Trial in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Published in New England Journal of Medicine

BASEL, Switzerland -- The New England Journal of Medicine today published the results of a key international trial(1) that clearly establishes the superior efficacy and safety of PEGASYS(R) (peginterferon alfa-2a) in patients with hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative ...More
September 16, 2004 Posted in News
Hib Infections on the Rise in Adults Despite Child Vaccination Program

Cases of the Hib infection (haemophilus influenzae type b) among children and adults have risen in recent years in England and Wales, despite a vaccination program which initially proved successful, say researchers in this week's British Medical Journal. The Hib vaccine ...More
September 16, 2004 Posted in News
GPO Oversight Legislation 'Essential' to Innovation, Competition, Patient Care

WASHINGTON -- A legislative mandate for continuous oversight of the Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) industry is "essential" if patients and caregivers are to have access to innovative medical technologies, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association told a Senate ...More
September 16, 2004 Posted in News
Joint Commission, CMS to Make Common Performance Measures Identical

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the signing of an agreement to work together in completely aligning current and future common Hospital ...More
September 16, 2004 Posted in News
Maggot Therapy Linked With Reduced Post-Operative Wound Infections

Maggots aren't high on most people's favorite-animals list. But maggots -- specifically, the larvae of the green blowfly, Phaenicia sericata -- can be helpful for the very reason they horrify. By eating dead tissue at a patient's wound site, maggots may help decrease the ...More
September 15, 2004 Posted in News
HPA Develops New Diagnostic Tests for Avian Flu

On the final day of the HPA (Health Protection Agency, UK) conference, delegates will hear about work that the agency is carrying out to prepare for an avian flu pandemic. This includes the development of laboratory tests to diagnose cases in humans, as well as studies to ...More
September 15, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions