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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

Preventing CRE Infections

Researchers from the Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Epicenter (C-PIE) were able to reduce colonization and infection of ...read more

PPE and Ebola Preparedness

A recent increase in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) has caused delays for some products ordered by U.S. hospitals for Ebola ...read more

Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring

Report Summary Hospital executives, infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists are by now familiar with a number of givens relating to ...read more

Latest Headlines

FAO to Draw Up a National Bird Flu Control Campaign

ROME and BANGKOK, Thailand – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations will assemble an emergency team of experts in Indonesia to help the country embark on a new phase of the battle against avian influenza at source in poultry, the UN agency ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Nurses and Patients Report Sanitation and Care Standards in Decline at California Pacific Medical Center

SAN FRANCISCO -- At a press conference in front of City Hall today, registered nurses (RNs) and patients at California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) reported that quality control and sanitation standards have been in decline since 800 CPMC caregivers were forced to strike ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Preventing Pneumonia in Children Helps Prevent Pneumonia in Older Adults

The incidence of pneumonia among older adults has decreased substantially, linked to the introduction of a pneumonia vaccine for children in 2000, according to a study in the Oct. 26, 2005 issue of JAMA. The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) was licensed for use in ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Supplemental Oxygen During Surgery Reduces Risk of Wound Infection

Patients who received a higher concentration of supplemental oxygen during colorectal surgery had a significantly reduced risk of wound infection, according to a study in the Oct. 26, 2005 issue of JAMA. Surgical wound infections prolong hospitalization by an average of 1 ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Experts Sort Fact from Fiction on Health Effects of Mold

Distinguishing fact from fiction, leading experts gathered to discuss the most recent scientific evidence on health effects of mold at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Anaheim. “Fungi, including molds, are ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Protein in St. John’s Wort Found to Suppress HIV-1 Gene Expression

A novel protein, p27SJ, extracted from a callus culture of the St. John’s wort plant (Hypericum perforatum) suppresses HIV-1 expression and inhibits its replication, according to researchers at Temple University School of Medicine’s department of neuroscience and Center for ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Infection-Thwarting Catheters, Planning Key in Reducing Hospital Deaths

A new study shows that antiseptic-coated catheters and better safety measures in hospitals could significantly reduce the number of infection-related hospital deaths, which account for nearly 100,000 lives lost each year. The study, led by University of Nebraska Medical ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Whooping Cough Vaccine Not Just for Kids Anymore

In the first study of its kind, researchers at Saint LouisUniversity have demonstrated that immunization with a new vaccine could potentially prevent more than a million cases of pertussis (whooping cough) each year in adolescents and adults. Most children are protected ...More
October 24, 2005 Posted in News
Tuberculosis, Infertility May Have Influenced George Orwell's Writing

The author of such portentous works as Animal Farm and 1984 may have been influenced by his own physical ailments, such as tuberculosis and infertility, in writing his gloomy portrayals of the future, according to an article in the Dec. 1, 2005 issue of Clinical Infectious ...More
October 21, 2005 Posted in News
HIV Mortality in India Drops with Introduction of Generic Antiretroviral Therapy

The survival rate of HIV-infected patients in India has risen in response to a 20-fold drop in the price of antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to an article in the Nov. 15, 2005 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. The introduction of generic ...More
October 21, 2005 Posted in News