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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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Bone Marrow Cells Routinely Help with Wound Healing

Bone marrow produces cells that not only help fight infection, but also permanently heal wounds, according to research at the University of Washington. Previously, researchers had not known that bone marrow contributed to the development of new skin in wounds. The findings ...More
September 6, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Researchers Present New Findings on West Nile, Monkeypox and Yellow Fever

Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) presented significant new discoveries on West Nile virus, monkeypox, and yellow fever in four papers in the September issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by the Centers for Disease ...More
September 6, 2004 Posted in News
Exposure to Common Mold Toxin in Food Impairs Growth in West African Children

West African children exposed through their diet to a common mold toxin have impaired growth, according to a study published in the September 2004 issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). The study of 200 children, who were 16-37 months of age when the ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News
Researchers Ask, Do Measures to Control MRSA Work?

Proof that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control policies in hospitals work is poor, show researchers in this week's British Medical Journal. But they stress that, although better studies are urgently needed, isolation measures should continue until ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Compulsory Vaccination Against Terrorist Attack Is Unjustified, Author Says

The compulsory use of vaccines to prevent the effects of a bioterrorist attack seems to be based on an unproved threat, according to an editorial in this week's British Medical Journal. “In 1997 the United States began a compulsory anthrax vaccination program for military ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News
Mississippi Department of Health Launches its Immunization Initiative

JACKSON, Miss. -- The Mississippi Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative (READII) is focusing on increasing flu and pneumonia immunization rates among African Americans age 65 and older. READII hopes to increase immunization rates by developing ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News
Bacteria-Related Health Risks of Water Sports on the Thames Tideway to be Studied

LONDON -- The Health Protection Agency, in collaboration with the London Port Health Authority (LPHA), run by the Corporation of London, is to undertake a study starting this fall, to look at the health effects of taking part in water sports on the Thames Tideway. The study ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News
Malaria Imported Into the United Kingdom

LONDON -- New figures released by the Health Protection Agency have shown that there were 1,722 cases of malaria reported in the UK in 2003, a decrease of 11 percent compared to 2002. However, the figures, compiled by the Agency’s Malaria Reference Laboratory (MRL), which ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News
Lassa Fever, Not Seen in U.S. for 15 Years, Claims Life of New Jersey Man

TRENTON -- The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services reported today that a 38-year-old Mercer County man died on Aug. 28, 2004 from an acute viral disease called Lassa fever, a condition that is rare in the U.S., but endemic to West Africa. The Centers for ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Fifty-Four Washington Hospitals Volunteer for Medicare Quality Improvement Initiative

SEATTLE -- The Washington State Hospital Association and Qualis Health today saluted 54 acute care hospitals in Washington State that have taken an important step toward improving quality of care. These hospitals voluntarily submitted their quality information ...More
September 3, 2004 Posted in News