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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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Anti-Cancer Drug Kicks HIV Out of Hiding

A pilot study by HIV researchers from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark has shown that an anti-cancer drug can activate hidden HIV. The researchers found that the anti-cancer drug romidepsin increased the virus production in HIV-infected cells ...More
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MERS-CoV Detected in the Air of a Saudi Arabian Camel Barn

Saudi Arabian researchers have detected genetic fragments of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the air of a barn holding a camel infected with the virus. The work, published this week in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American ...More
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AAMI Offers Webinar Addressing Best Practices in Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is offering a webinar, Best Practices in Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization (IUSS), on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET. IUSS has become routine because of surgeon ...More
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AAMI Urges Federal Recognition of Healthcare Technology Management, Clinical Engineers

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) is asking the U.S. government to recognize healthcare technology management as a professional field in its official occupational classifications, as well add “clinical engineer” and ...More
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Life After Ebola Has New Meaning for Two Survivors Now Helping Others

Mohamed and Zena are two survivors of the Ebola outbreak in Guinea who have taken on a new role as informal Ebola Ambassadors, working with community groups to show that the disease can be prevented if people take recommended precautions. ...More
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Slide Show: Tetanus Infection

The CDC offers information on tetanus infection caused by Clostridium tetani. ...More
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A Polio-Free U.S. Thanks to Vaccine Efforts

Thanks to effective vaccine, the United States has been polio-free since 1979. But poliovirus is still a threat in some countries. Be part of the success story and get your child vaccinated on schedule. Polio, or poliomyelitis, is an infectious viral disease that can strike ...More
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National Survey From AP-NORC Examines Perceptions of Healthcare Provider Quality

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research has released the results of a major survey examining the public's opinions about what it means to be a quality healthcare provider in the United States. The survey, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ...More
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Mycobacteria Metabolism Discovery May Pave Way for New TB Drugs

The mystery of why mycobacteria—a family that includes the microbe that causes TB—are extraordinarily hardy organisms is being unraveled by University of Otago, New Zealand, research that offers new hope for developing a revolutionary class of antibiotics to ...More
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Back to Basics: The PPE Primer

This Pulse explains the basics of personal protective equipment (PPE), including identifying key pieces of PPE in the healthcare environment and outlining donning and doffing techniques that uphold infection control principles and practices. ...More
3 days ago Posted in Digital Issues