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Bacteria in Water Supply Systems

A new analysis of 100 million Medicare records from U.S. adults aged 65 and older reveals rising healthcare costs for infections associated with ...read more

Limitations of Standard Precautions

The Standard Precautions concept in healthcare dictates that healthcare workers assess risk in advance of a patient interaction and use appropriate ...read more

Consumer Antiseptic Wash Products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule establishing that over-the-counter (OTC) consumer antiseptic wash products containing ...read more

Making the Business Case for Technology

Infection preventionists, environmental services directors, purchasing managers and members of the hospital C-suite are finding themselves at the ...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

Latest Headlines

CDC Updates Guidance for Florida Neighborhood with Active Zika Transmission

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guidance for people who travel to or live in the approximately 1-square-mile area in Wynwood, Fla., just north of downtown Miami. Previous guidance was put in place on August 1 after Florida and CDC ...More
6 days ago Posted in News
Targeting Dormant HIV

Why wake up the virus? To better kill it, of course. A team from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has taken an important step forward in the search for a HIV/AIDS cure. The laboratory of Dr. Daniel Kaufmann has developed a highly accurate ...More
6 days ago Posted in News
Experts Address Systemic Challenges of Medical Device Interoperability

An article about the long-standing challenge of medical device interoperability concludes that this goal will not be realized until “basic systems engineering and risk management principles and practices” are fully embraced by all stakeholders in the healthcare ...More
1 week ago Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Healthmark Industries Offers Gown with Thumb Loop

Healthmark Industries announces the addition of Gown with Thumb Loop to its personal protective equipment (PPE) line. This single-use full frontal barrier gown for healthcare professionals helps facilities comply with OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR ...More
1 week ago Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Making the Case for the Use of Reusable Wipers In the Healthcare Setting

This whitepaper makes the case or the common-sense use of reusable high performance wipers in the healthcare setting, specifically the durable wipers that have demonstrated through third-party laboratory testing the ability to remove virtually everything from an ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in Whitepapers, Environmental Hygiene
Unlock the IPotential: Solving the Challenges Facing Infection Preventionists

Infection preventionists can have a direct impact on a hospital’s reputation and bottom line. However, their influence is lessened due to the current structure of their role, which has them focused on manual surveillance. Learn what your healthcare organization needs to ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in Whitepapers
Increase in Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Hinders Treatment of Kidney Infections

The increase in illnesses and deaths linked to medication-resistant bacteria has been well-documented by researchers and received extensive public attention in recent years. Now, UCLA-led research shows how these bacteria are making it more difficult to treat a common but ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News
Researchers Discover New Mechanism for a Bacterial Toxin to Inhibit Inflammation

A team of scientists led by Stony Brook University researchers have discovered a new mechanism for a bacterial toxin to inhibit inflammation. Their research shows that a toxin in Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, targets and inhibits the protein pyrin. The ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News
Concerns on the Infection Prevention Limitations of Standard Precautions

The Standard Precautions concept in healthcare dictates that healthcare workers assess risk in advance of a patient interaction and use appropriate interventions such as barriers, hand hygiene, and/or surface disinfection, to address the risk and prevent becoming ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in Articles, Hand Hygiene
Progesterone May Protect Women From Worst Effects of the Flu

In mouse studies, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that progesterone – a female sex hormone contained in most forms of hormone-based birth control – appears to stave off the worst effects of influenza infection and, ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News