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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

Reminders Prevent SSIs

The use of electronic reminders such as text messages, emails or voicemails is highly effective at getting surgical patients to adhere to a ...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

The Essentials of Sterility Assurance

It is critical that infection preventionists understand the principles and practices related to sterility assurance so that they may assist their ...read more

Latest Headlines

Kansas Whooping Cough Cases Increase in 2004

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reported an increasing number of confirmed pertussis (whooping cough) cases in the state in the past five-months of this year. From May though September there were 31 confirmed cases of pertussis reported to KDHE, ...More
September 21, 2004 Posted in News
Connecticut Department of Public Health Receives Federal Funding to Support Public Health Preparedness

HARTFORD -- The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) announces that its Fiscal Year 2004-2005 application to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for public health preparedness funding was successful. Through a Cooperative Agreement with the CDC, DPH ...More
September 21, 2004 Posted in News
Alabama Department of Health Asks Residents to Seek Tetanus Booster Shots Only if Injured in Hurricane Clean-Up Efforts

MOBILE -- The Alabama Department of Public Health recommends that individuals who receive open wounds or puncture wounds in clean-up efforts after Hurricane Ivan seek medical attention to determine whether a tetanus booster shot is needed. "Persons who are injured should be ...More
September 21, 2004 Posted in News
Updated Guidelines Address Hemodynamic Support of Sepsis

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Newly revised practice parameters for hemodynamic support of sepsis in adult patients are published in the September issue of Critical Care Medicine and available on the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Web sit at www.sccm.org. "These guidelines ...More
September 21, 2004 Posted in News
Guide Helps Communities Prepare for Vaccine and Drug Dispensing in Event of a Bioterrorism Attack

A new planning guide funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is designed to help communities nationwide make sure that all Americans have needed drugs and vaccines in the event of a natural epidemic or bioterrorist attack. Developed by a team of ...More
September 21, 2004 Posted in News
FDA Proposes Further Action to Improve Farm-to-Table Shell Egg Safety

The Food and Drug Administration proposed a regulation today to further improve the safety of shell eggs on the farm. When implemented, the production changes defined by the regulation will significantly reduce the number of illness caused by eggs contaminated with ...More
September 20, 2004 Posted in News
Egg Industry Issues Statement in Response to the FDA's Proposed Regulation, Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production

WASHINGTON -- While less than one quarter of 1 percent of all foodborne illness can be linked to eggs, the egg industry has worked cooperatively since the 1980s with the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the incidence of egg-related salmonellosis. While waiting ...More
September 20, 2004 Posted in News
ASHES Conference Begins; National Experts Speak and Organizational Milestones Celebrated

CHICAGO -- The American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) 2004 Conference and Technical Exhibition kicked off this past weekend in Orlando, Fla. During the opening ceremony, ASHES president Thomas "Tony" Fitzgerald, CHESP, chief of ...More
September 20, 2004 Posted in News
Strep Bacteria Uses a “Sword and Shield” to Win Battle Against Immune System

A single gene called cylE within the important bacterial pathogen Group B Streptococcus (GBS), controls two factors that act together as a “sword” and “shield” to protect the bacteria from the killing effects of the immune system’s white blood cells, according to ...More
September 20, 2004 Posted in News
A Bacterial Cause of Crohn’s Disease?

A study in this week’s issue of The Lancet suggests that Crohn’s disease may be caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), the same bacterium that causes a similar intestinal disorder (known as Paratuberculosis or Johne’s disease) in cattle, sheep, and ...More
September 20, 2004 Posted in News