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Antiseptic Skin Prep Product Sterility

In light of a number of high-profile recalls of contaminated alcohol prep products in the last several years, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...read more

Decolonization and MRSA Reduction

A new study shows that using germ-killing soap and ointment on all ICU patients can reduce bloodstream infections by up to 44 percent and ...read more

Importance of Environmental Cleaning

This Report provides a glimpse inside the experiences of infection preventionists relating to the evaluation and monitoring of environmental cleaning ...read more

Clostridium difficile

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

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Improving Sterilization Techniques

Improving Sterilization Techniques By Mary Ellen Fortenberry Improving sterilization techniques has never been more important than it is today. With the complexity of instrumentation and equipment, the sterilization process has never been more suspect. Ever-increasing ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Scientists Alter Bacteria To Create Medicine

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif-Stanford University researchers are attempting to alter E. coli<$> bacteria in an effort to create erythromyacin-one of the most powerful antibiotics being used today. They are altering the bacteria genetically to create the antibiotic because ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in News
OSHA Compliance:

OSHA Compliance: Needlestick Prevention Requires Planning, Products, and People By Enid K. Eck, RN, MPH; Barbara DeBaun, RN, BSN, CIC; and Gina Pugliese, RN, MS The landmark Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, signed by President Clinton Nov. 6, 2001, authorized the ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles
Israeli Researchers Create Insulin from Stem Cells

WASHINGTON, DC-Researchers in Israel announced they have created insulin in a tissue culture after coaxing and manipulating human embryonic stem cells. The discovery comes during a controversial time for stem cell research. President Bush has yet to decide whether ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in News
Lab Error May Be Responsible for Two Patient Deaths

PHILADELPHIA, Pa-A laboratory worker's miscalculation may be responsible for the death of two hospital patients at St. Agnes Medical Center south of Philadelphia. There are 932 patients who were given miscalculated prescriptions because of the laboratory error. Between June ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in News
Personal Protective Equipment: Getting Compliance or Resistance

Personal Protective Equipment: Getting Compliance or Resistance By Karen A. Huggins, MN, RN, CNOR During the past decade, the healthcare industry has provided many technical innovations, safety device equipment and supplies, and research related to healthcare risks and ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, PPE & Standard Precautions
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease:

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Risks and Prevention of Nosocomial Acquisition By: William A. Rutala, Ph.D., MPH, and David J. Weber, MD, MPH Objectives To understand the epidemiology of spongiform encephalopathies (e.g., Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) including risks of iatrogenic ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Infection Control Today - 08/2001: Instrumental Knowledge

Cleaning: An Important Prerequisite for Instrument Sterilization and Disinfection By Nancy S. Chu, MS and Martin Favero, PhD Sterilization of instruments in hospitals has been an important part of preventing infections for more than 100 years. In the modern healthcare ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
FDA Approves Hepatitis C Drug

WASHINGTON, DC-Officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a Shering-plough Corporation hepatitis C drug could be packaged and marketed alone for the first time. Patients in need of ribavirin have previously had to purchase Shering's Rebetron kit, ...More
July 27, 2001
Posted in News
Brooklyn Doctor's Office Investigated After Hepatitis C Outbreak

BROOKLYN, NY-The New York City Health Commissioner is leading an investigation into the practices of a Brooklyn doctor after eight of his patients developed hepatitis C after endoscopic procedures. Patients developed symptoms of the viral liver disease after undergoing ...More
July 27, 2001
Posted in News