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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

Prompt Use of Antivirals is Key This Flu Season

A report published in the Jan. 16, 2015 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) estimates that this season’s flu ...read more

Labs and Ebola

Due to a heightened concern in the United States about Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance for clinical ...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

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FDA Issues Update on Influenza Vaccine Supply

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating the public on the status of influenza vaccine availability for the 2005-2006 influenza season. The FDA anticipates the production of more vaccine than last year. At this time, the agency says it does not know the exact ...More
October 18, 2005 Posted in News
Dopamine Response in Patients in Septic Shock Predicts Mortality

DES PLAINES, Ill. – Patients in septic shock who respond to dopamine, a commonly used sepsis therapy to stabilize blood pressure, have a better chance of survival than those who did not respond to dopamine, according to an article in the October issue of Critical Care ...More
October 18, 2005 Posted in News
First 24 Hours of Severe Sepsis May Be Most Important

DES PLAINES, Ill. – Organ function improvement, or lack thereof, in the first 24 hours of severe sepsis is highly predictive of the overall disease course, according to an article in the October issue of Critical Care Medicine. The researchers found that improvement in ...More
October 18, 2005 Posted in News
TB Alliance and Bayer Launch Historic Global Drug Trials for Tuberculosis

NEW YORK, and LEVERKUSEN, Germany -- The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) and Bayer Healthcare AG today announced a partnership to coordinate a global clinical trial program to study the potential of an existing antibiotic, moxifloxacin, to shorten the ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News
Newest Study Finds No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism

A new systematic review of dozens of statistically sound studies has revealed “no credible evidence” that the combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine causes long-term disabilities such as autism or bowel disease. Some doctors and parents believe that a mercury-based ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News
Corticosteroids Often Used in Treatment of Infectious Mononucleosis

Corticosteroids are used often in the treatment of infectious mononucleosis, and for reasons beyond usual criteria, according to a study in the October issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Systemic corticosteroid therapy (SCT) in the treatment of ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News
Researcher Leads Two International Studies of Antibiotic as New Treatment for Tuberculosis

A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert will lead two international studies of the effectiveness of the antibiotic moxifloxacin as a new treatment for tuberculosis, the highly contagious bacterial disease that kills more than 2 million people worldwide each year and is ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News
OSAP to Hold Infection Control Boot Camp in 2006

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures (OSAP) will hold its fifth annual Infection Control Boot Camp, co-sponsored by OSAP-Federal Services Jan. 23-26, 2006 in Atlanta. The program is geared to federal dental services dentists, hygienists, ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene
Maxxon Joint Venture Preparing Industry's First Vacuum Operated Safety Syringe for FDA Application, After New Patent Filing

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. -- Maxxon, Inc., a growing medical products designer, manufacturer, and distributor concentrating on innovative safety devices, announcea that its Maxxon/Globe Joint Venture has ordered a 5,000 piece sample batch of its functional 3cc ReVac Safety ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News
WHO Issues Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare

GENEVA -- To fight the spread of healthcare-associated infections, which take a high toll in human lives and affect hundreds of millions of patients worldwide each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners are launching the Global Patient Safety Challenge ...More
October 17, 2005 Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions