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Infection Control Tomorrow

Learn more about Infection Control Tomorrow, the industry's most progressive 2-day in-person event discussing traditional strategies and leading ...read more

Science Summit: Emerging Pathogens

The Science Summits provide an opportunity for manufacturers in the infection prevention and control arena to present and explain the science behind ...read more

The Volatile World of Influenza Viruses

The current global influenza situation is characterized by a number of trends that must be closely monitored. These include: an increase in the ...read more

Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a ...read more

Preoperative CHG Bathing

This report addresses patient skin cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an effective intervention in the arsenal against surgical site ...read more

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Germ-Zapping Robot Deployed at William Beaumont Army Medical Center

Standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, William Beaumont Army Medical Center’s newest staff asset doesn’t initially have a commanding presence. It is the L-Vira Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot. However, after five minutes, its impact has the potential to save countless lives ...More
2 days ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Spectra254 to Exhibit at the 2015 AORN Surgical Conference & Expo

Spectra254, a developer of high-power, easy-to-use, and affordable UVC light decontamination systems, will exhibit products at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ Surgical Conference & Expo in Denver, March 7-11, 2015 at the Colorado Convention ...More
2 days ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
New Council Formed to Rid the World's Operating Environments of Surgical Smoke Plumes

Surgical smoke plume is a hazardous byproduct of operative procedures known to contain harmful gases, minute particles, and microorganisms. Inhalation of this plume by clinicians and patients has been well documented as a hazard to their health and well-being. ...More
2 days ago Posted in News
Medline Asks U.S. Hospitals to Help Soothe Healthcare Workers' Hands in 10-Day Hand Care Challenge

Medline Industries, Inc. is asking hospitals across the U.S. whose nurses struggle with dry, irritated skin on the job, to try its Restore™ nitrile exam gloves coated with colloidal oatmeal and take a hand care challenge. The Restore nitrile glove is designed to ...More
2 days ago Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
New CDC Study and Blog Highlight the National Burden of Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections in the United States in a single year, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Approximately 29,000 patients with a C. difficile infection ...More
3 days ago Posted in News
Nearly Half a Million Americans Suffer from C. difficile Infections in a Single Year, CDC Study Says

Clostridium difficile caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study. C. difficile causes inflammation of the colon and deadly diarrhea. ...More
3 days ago Posted in News
Slide Show: Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a study released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...More
3 days ago Posted in Galleries
PLOS Currents Collection Investigates Vaccine Hesitancy and Vaccination Decision-Making

Researchers explore individuals' confidence or reluctance to vaccinate their families and the associated effects on global health, in a collection published on Feb. 25 by the open-access journal, PLOS Currents: Outbreaks. The collection is accompanied by the editorial ...More
3 days ago Posted in News
Quick Antibiotic Delivery Reduces PICU Needs and Mortality of Pediatric Cancer Patients

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Pediatric Blood & Cancer shows that pediatric cancer patients who receive antibiotics within 60 minutes of reporting fever and showing neutropenia go on to have decreased intensive care consultation ...More
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$2.5 Million NIH Grant to Fund Mount Sinai Research Into Reducing Heroin Injection and HIV Infection

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD, director of research at Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, a 2015 Avant-Garde Award. Des ...More
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