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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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Thousands of Darfur’s Children in Remote, Conflict-affected Areas to Get Measles Vaccine

KHARTOUM/GENEVA/NEW YORK -- In a unique follow-up to a June campaign that reached more than 2 million children in Darfur with vaccination against measles, a campaign was launched to reach another 150, 000 children from nine months to 15 years in remote areas of North Darfur ...More
September 8, 2004 Posted in News
Researchers Uncover How HIV Causes Abnormalities in Antibody-Producing Cells

HIV wreaks much of its damage by targeting the “orchestra conductor” of the immune system, a key class of T cells -- CD4+ T cells --whose destructive relationship with HIV has been well-studied by AIDS researchers. More poorly understood has been the effect of HIV on ...More
September 8, 2004 Posted in News
Diversa Awarded NIH Grant to Develop New Antibodies Targeting SARS

SAN DIEGO -- Diversa Corporation announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded the company a grant for the discovery and development of antibodies to diagnose and treat Severe ...More
September 8, 2004 Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Preliminary Trial Results Suggest Sterilox Tx Solution is a Powerful New Treatment for Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers

RADNOR, Pa. -- Sterilox Technologies Inc., and the Department of Dermatology at Churchill Hospital in Oxford, UK, today announced positive, preliminary human clinical trial results of a new antiseptic wound irrigation fluid for the treatment of chronic venous leg ...More
September 8, 2004 Posted in News
Venetec Introduces StatLock IV Ultra Neonate

SAN DIEGO -- Venetec International today announced introduction of the StatLock® IV Ultra Neonate catheter securement device, the first catheter securement device designed specifically for IV catheters in the neonatal nursery. StatLock IV Ultra Neonate replaces tape ...More
September 7, 2004 Posted in News
Joint Commission Announces Plans to Increase 2005 Survey Fees

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Citing the need to make further investments in the new accreditation process that was introduced this year, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)’ Board of Commissioners today approved overall 2005 survey fee ...More
September 7, 2004 Posted in News
Healthpoint to Sponsor Satellite Program, Present Scientific Posters at Upcoming Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Healthpoint, Ltd., a market leader in tissue-management pharmaceuticals and biologics, will offer a satellite program and two scientific poster presentations at the 19th Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin & Wound Care, scheduled for Sept. ...More
September 7, 2004 Posted in News
Chicken Pox Vaccine Saves Money, Protects Whole Population

The chicken pox vaccine has saved America hundreds of millions of dollars since its introduction in 1995 by preventing the kinds of severe cases that used to send children, teens and adults to the hospital, a new study finds. In fact, it’s even more effective -- and ...More
September 7, 2004 Posted in News
North Carolina Confirms 2004’s First Human West Nile Infection

RALEIGH -- State Health Director Leah Devlin announces that a Surry County man has been infected with the West Nile virus (WNV). Devlin said that the patient, who is in his ‘50s, is recovering at home. This is the first human West Nile infection of 2004 in North Carolina. ...More
September 7, 2004 Posted in News
Massachusetts Department of Health Reports Second Human Case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis

BOSTON -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) has confirmed eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in a Holbrook resident who died last week. EEE infection was established in the Holbrook teen through tests performed at the State Laboratory Institute on ...More
September 7, 2004 Posted in News