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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

Fist Bump Beats Handshake

“Fist bumping” transmits significantly fewer bacteria than either handshaking or high-fiving, while still addressing the cultural ...read more

National Immunization Awareness Month

Each year in August, National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) provides an opportunity to highlight the value of immunization across the lifespan. ...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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ASA Launches National Perioperative Surgical Home Learning Collaborative

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) announces the launch of its ASA Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) Learning Collaborative, a national initiative designed to improve the patient experience before, during and after surgery. More than 40 leading health care ...More
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Antimicrobial Hard Surfaces: What the Infection Preventionist Should Know

This report briefly looks at antimicrobial-embedded plastic and polymer surfaces that can help healthcare facilities in the fight against healthcare-acquired infections that are transmitted from environmental surfaces. ...More
5 days ago Posted in Reports, Environmental Hygiene
IOM to Hold Workshop on Powered Air-Purifying Respirators

The National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) is supporting the Institute of Medicine (IOM)’s public workshop on powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs). This workshop will be held Aug. 7-8, 2014 at the Keck Center of the National Academies ...More
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First CDC Lab Resumes Transfer of Inactivated Materials Out of High-Containment Laboratory

After intensive review by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s internal Laboratory Safety Improvement Working Group (internal working group), CDC director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, has lifted the moratorium on a specific type of material transfer for the ...More
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CDC Announces Formation of an External Laboratory Safety Workgroup

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the formation of an external laboratory safety workgroup of the Advisory Committee to the Director of CDC. This group will provide advice and guidance to the CDC director and CDC’s new director of ...More
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TGen-led Study Seeks to Understand Why Some HIV-Positive Men are More Infectious Than Others

A new study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) provides insights into the interplay among bacteria, viruses and the immune system during HIV infection. Currently, doctors measure HIV-positive men's infectivity - their potential to infect others -- ...More
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Link Between Ritual Circumcision Procedure and Herpes Infection in Infants Examined

A rare procedure occasionally performed during Jewish circumcisions that involves direct oral suction is a likely source of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) transmissions documented in infants between 1988 and 2012, a literature review conducted by Penn Medicine ...More
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Incomplete HPV Vaccination May Offer Some Protection

Minority women who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine even after becoming sexually active had lower rates of abnormal Pap test results than those who were never vaccinated. These findings appear in the journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Researchers ...More
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Latest Vaccination Coverage Estimates for Adolescents Show Only Small Increase for HPV Vaccine

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials announced today that the number of girls and boys aged 13-17 years receiving human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains unacceptably low despite a slight increase in vaccination coverage since 2012, according to ...More
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One Route to Malaria Drug Resistance is Found

Researchers have uncovered a way the malaria parasite becomes resistant to an investigational drug. The discovery, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, also is relevant for other infectious diseases including bacterial infections and tuberculosis. The ...More
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