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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

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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Master of Antimalarial Resistance

A malaria parasite gene called pfcrt, already confirmed as the culprit behind resistance to the drug chloroquine in the malaria species Plasmodium falciparum, may be responsible for resistance to several other antimalarial drugs as well, a team of researchers reports in the ...More
September 29, 2004 Posted in News
National Immunization Advocate to Be Honored

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Betty Bumpers, a nationally renowned advocate for childhood immunizations, will be honored at a reception in Missoula on Oct. 4, 2004. Bumpers is vice president of Every Child By Two, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing infant ...More
September 28, 2004 Posted in News
Scientists Discover Potential New Way To Control Drug-resistant Bacteria

Based on an improved understanding of bacteriophages -- viruses that infect bacteria--scientists reporting in the Sept. 23 issue of the journal Nature believe they have discovered a potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria, an increasingly worrisome public ...More
September 28, 2004 Posted in News
USF Microbiologists Can Detect Smallpox and Anthrax ASAP

TAMPA, Fla. -- University of South Florida microbiologists have developed tests that can rapidly identify anthrax and smallpox. Used in the field in the event of a suspected bioterror attack, positive rapid testing could prevent disease spread while negative results could ...More
September 28, 2004 Posted in News
Healthpoint Launches Accuzyme Spray, a New Pump Method of Delivery for Wound-Debridement Product

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Healthpoint Ltd. announces that Accuzyme (Papain, Urea) Ointment, its popular pharmaceutical product for wound debriding, is now available in a new pump-spray delivery system, Accuzyme Spray, on which a patent application is pending. ...More
September 28, 2004 Posted in News
West Nile Virus Detected in Oregon Donor’s Blood

A Jackson County blood donor is the second person in Oregon to test positive for West Nile virus, according to public health and American Red Cross officials. "The test indicates this person, who was not ill, was infected with West Nile virus," said Emilio De Bess, DVM, ...More
September 27, 2004 Posted in News
Washington, D.C. Department of Health Recognizes National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, Sept. 26 through Oct. 2, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Gregg A. Pane, acting director of the Department of Health, announced today that the department is encouraging residents to update their immunizations in recognition of National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, Sunday, Sept. 26, through ...More
September 27, 2004 Posted in News
Mass Vaccination Exercise Planned for Colorado in October

DENVER -- One of the largest bioterrorism exercises in the state's history will be staged on Oct. 16, 2004, when public health workers in nine southeastern Colorado counties conduct a mass vaccination clinic exercise. Participating in the exercise, being held to practice ...More
September 27, 2004 Posted in News
New Indiana State Food Handler Requirement to Start in January

INDIANAPOLIS -- State health officials report that beginning Jan. 1, 2005, food establishments in Indiana will be required to have at least one certified food handler on staff who has oversight of food safety aspects of the operation. A certified food handler is not ...More
September 27, 2004 Posted in News
Minnesota Health Officials Investigate Rabies Cases

MINNEAPOLIS -- State health officials are seeking the public’s help in locating the whereabouts of four puppies, possibly exposed to rabies, that were sold between Aug. 25 and Sept. 10 from a farm near Viking, Minn. in Marshall County. The puppies came from a litter of 10 ...More
September 27, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions