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Microbiome of a New Hospital

A 12-month study mapping bacterial diversity within a hospital — with a focus on the flow of microbes between patients, staff and surfaces ...read more

Reprocessing Needs Improved Quality

Several years following a widely publicized series of outbreaks related to contaminated and improperly reprocessed duodenoscopes, re-searchers are ...read more

Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases

May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and the beginning of the period through July when people will get more tick bites and tickborne diseases than any ...read more

2017 Reprocessing State of the Industry

This year's state of the industry report on sterile processing, with data provided through an online survey of ICT readers who work in sterile ...read more

Medical Device Reprocessing

This symposium will address key issues such as the dangers associated with improperly processed devices; the real-world situations that impede proper ...read more

Fecal Patina in the OR

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World Health Assembly Elects Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as New WHO Director-General

Today the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) elected Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new director-general. Ghebreyesus was nominated by the government of Ethiopia, and will begin his five-year term on July 1, 2017. Prior to his election as ...More
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Molecule May Lead to First Synthetic One-Dose Antimalarial

Researchers at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has the potential to become the first fully synthetic, one-dose treatment for malaria. In a paper ...More
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A New Strategy to Combat Influenza and Speed Recovery

The influenza virus turns infected lung cells into factories that churn out thousands of copies of the virus to spread the infection. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have reported a promising new approach that uses an investigational cancer drug to ...More
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Rising Incidence of Tick-Borne Powassan Virus Infection in North America

Cases of human infection with Powassan virus (POWV), which can cause fatal neuroinvasive disease and long-term neurological effects, appear to be increasing in the United States. POWV is transmitted by Ixodes tick species found in North America. A comprehensive review of ...More
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Scientists Develop Test to Identify Best Treatment for Gonorrhea

Researchers from UCLA have developed a laboratory test that helps physicians determine which people with gonorrhea may be more treatable with an antibiotic that has not been recommended since 2007 because of concerns that the resistance to the drug was growing. Gonorrhea ...More
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Parents' Reasons for Not Vaccinating Children Influence Public Attitudes Toward Them

Mothers are viewed negatively if their child hasn't been vaccinated, no matter the reason. But mothers who outright refuse to vaccinate their children are viewed in a harsher light compared to those who delay vaccines because of safety concerns or who aren't up to date due ...More
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Incarcerated Persons Experience More Outbreak-Associated Foodborne Illnesses

Researchers present the first update on the epidemiology of U.S. foodborne correctional institution outbreaks in 20 years in a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. They analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Foodborne ...More
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Researchers Demonstrate Effectiveness of Metals, Organic Acids in Eradicating Bacteria

Research that combines metals and organic acids as a viable alternative to antibiotics is being conducted at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The findings by a team led by assistant professor Oded Lewinson in the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine ...More
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Use of Chemical Indicators Should Reflect Standards

Q: I have been using steam tape to place indicator on paper i.e., count sheets, and instrument bags inside of surgical trays before sterilization. I have been doing this for a number of years. My manager informs me that you cannot use steam tape to hold an indicator ...More
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FDA to Develop Accreditation System for Testing Labs

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is reporting that with a new set of Medical Device User Fee Amendments (MDUFA IV) making their way through Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is getting a jump-start on a plan to recognize ...More
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