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SSIs in Ambulatory Surgery

In an analysis that included nearly 300,000 patients from eight states who underwent ambulatory surgery, researchers found that the rates of surgical ...read more

Hand Sanitizer Missing in Some Hospitals

Approximately 1 in 5 U.S. healthcare facilities don't make alcohol-based hand sanitizer available at every point of care, missing a critical ...read more

Infection Prevention Compliance

Infection Control Today invited infection preventionists to tell us about their experiences with boosting and maintaining compliance with infection ...read more

PPE Utilization in a Pandemic

This report explores the utilization of personal protective equipment and respiratory protection within a pandemic scenario and addresses key issues ...read more

Biocides and Sporicidal Disinfectants

This Pulse provides a quick summary of some of the ideas and perspectives coming out of the 2013 Spring Conference of the Society of Healthcare ...read more

Latest Headlines

Chemist Hopes New Chemical Structures Will Jumpstart Stalled Antibiotic Discovery Efforts

Chemist Timothy Wencewicz has been studying the plague of antibiotic resistance since he was a college student. The only way out, he says, is to come up with drugs that are not lookalikes of the antibiotics first discovered in the 1950s and 1960s. “I routinely call ...More
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Drug Costs Projected to Rise 3-5 Percent in 2014, Flu Vaccine Expenditures to Increase

Costs for medications are expected to rise by 3 percent to 5 percent in all healthcare settings in 2014, according to a report published online ahead of print, by the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP), the professional journal of the American ...More
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NY Health Department Issues Warning About Skin Infections From Handling Live or Raw Fish

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced today that it has identified an outbreak of a rare skin infection in persons who handled live or raw fish or seafood that was purchased in markets in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens ...More
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PDI Super Sani-Cloth Wipes Receive EPA Approval for Three New Kill Claims

PDI announces changes to the Super Sani-Cloth® Germicidal Disposable Wipes master label, including EPA acceptance on kill claims for three key microorganisms: Bordetella pertussis, Enterobacter cloacae (NDM-1 Positive) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-2 positive, ...More
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AmeriPride's Clean Green Certification Elevates Textile Services Competitiveness

AmeriPride Services has been certified Clean Green by TRSA, the leading textile services industry association. The addition of this coast-to-coast operation to the Clean Green roster accelerates “green” competition in the industry to an unprecedented level, as ...More
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GOJO Joins National Patient Safety Foundation in Raising Importance of Patient Safety Awareness Week

GOJO Industries, a leader in hand hygiene and skin health and inventors of PURELL® Hand Sanitizer, is joining with the National Patient Safety Foundation and hospitals across America to recognize the critical importance of patient safety during Patient Safety Awareness ...More
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DebMed to Arm Nursing Professionals with Infection-Reducing Hand Hygiene Solutions at AONE Meeting

DebMed®, creator of an award-winning electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Five Moments for Hand Hygiene, will bring its expansive line-up of electronic monitoring hand hygiene solutions to the American ...More
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Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health to Deploy the HyGreen Hand Hygiene System

HyGreen, Inc. announces a collaborative partnership with The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Through its distribution partner, Techno Orbits, the HyGreen Hand Hygiene Reminding and Recording System will be deployed in 25 MoH hospitals ...More
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Seal Shield, LLC Introduces New Clean Wipe Washable Keyboard

Seal Shield, LLC announces the Clean Wipe™ Medical Grade Keyboard. Developed for the healthcare market, the Clean Wipe™ is a waterproof (IP-68), chiclet-style keyboard constructed with antimicrobial product protection. The Seal Shield Clean Wipe™ is a ...More
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Infection Risk, Cleanliness are Top Concerns for Consumers with Loved Ones in a LTC Facility

The long-term care industry faces a multitude of challenges when it comes to keeping residents happy and healthy, including maintaining cleanliness and reducing the risk of the 1.5 million infections estimated to occur in long-term care facilities each year.(1-2) Clorox ...More
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