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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

Latest Headlines

Experimental Heart Operation Performed in Tucson

TUCSON, Ariz-A man in heart failure is schedule to receive one of the first fully internal heart-assist devices used in the US. The Arizona man was scheduled to have the LionHeart 2000 implanted this morning at University Medical Center in Tucson. The LionHeart 2000 is ...More
May 30, 2001
Posted in News
US Relaxes European Meat Imports

WASHINGTON, DC-President Bush seems to agree with the popular television jingle that sings, "Gimme my baby back, baby back, baby back." He is reinstating the importation of Danish baby back pork ribs in time for the American barbecue season. However, opponents to the action ...More
May 29, 2001
Posted in News
CDC Nails Nurses

ATLANTA, Ga-Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published a new guideline on hand hygiene that states healthcare workers (HCWs) should not wear artificial nails. The guideline says artificial nails or nail extenders should not be worn by ...More
May 24, 2001
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene
Montreal Doctors Get Slapped on the Hand

MONTREAL-An internal study at a hospital of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal has found that fewer than one in four doctors wash their hands and wear gloves when examining patients. The study's author, Vivian Loo, MD, director of infection control at the ...More
May 24, 2001
Posted in News
Combo Vaccine Fights Hepatitis

PHILADELPHIA, Pa-SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals will being making and distributing a new combination vaccine that fights both hepatitis A and hepatitis B. The Twinrix vaccine will protect those 18 years of age and older from the threatening viruses. The vaccine has now ...More
May 17, 2001
Posted in News
Genital Herpes Public Health Threat

SEATTLE, Wash-Genital herpes has been a public health concern for many years. However, with more attention and funding going to AIDS prevention, the sexually transmitted disease (STD) is often overlooked. Herpes simplex virus 2 (HISV-2) cases have risen 30% since the 1970s. ...More
May 14, 2001
Posted in News
Government Paid Millions for Dead Patients' Medical Costs

WASHINGTON, DC-A difference in database records led the government to pay more than $4 million to cover medical costs of patients who were decease. The Health Care Financing Administration made the payments even though Medicare listed the beneficiaries as dead. An ...More
May 14, 2001
Posted in News
Late Diagnosis of HIV Frequent

LONDON-A new study shows that HIV patients are often diagnosed years after their infection, taking away valuable treatment time. In the United Kingdom, more than one third of HIV patients were diagnosed having a CD4+ cell count of less than 200 cells/µl. This late of a ...More
May 14, 2001
Posted in News
Supreme Court Just Says No to Medical Marijuana

WASHINGTON, DC-The Supreme Court ruled Monday that marijuana use is illegal for ill patients. Many suffers of diseases causing chronic pain are upset with the 8-0 decision. Patients have said the drug helps combat the effects of AIDS, cancer multiple sclerosis and other ...More
May 14, 2001
Posted in News
Cancer Drugs Not Cure

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-Drugs that were once touted as the cure to cancer have shown only a slight benefit in testing. The dramatic tumor shrinkage or disappearance that doctors originally predicted from drugs has not happened in trial studies. The three drugs discovered ...More
May 14, 2001
Posted in News