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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

Prompt Use of Antivirals is Key This Flu Season

A report published in the Jan. 16, 2015 edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) estimates that this season’s flu ...read more

PPE and Ebola Preparedness

A recent increase in demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) has caused delays for some products ordered by U.S. hospitals for Ebola ...read more

Hand Hygiene Compliance Monitoring

Report Summary Hospital executives, infection preventionists and healthcare epidemiologists are by now familiar with a number of givens relating to ...read more

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ECRI Institute Webinar Will Address Health Technology Hazards

Medical device and system dangers such as clinical alarm hazards, data integrity failures in EHRs, and IV line mix-ups put patients in harm’s way every day; many even result in death. ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches best approaches to ...More
3 days ago Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
AAMI Offers Webinar on Endoscope Reprocessing

The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) will offer the webinar, "Endoscope Reprocessing: Critical Training Steps to Promote Patient Safety" on Feb. 10, 2015 at 1 p.m. ET. This webinar includes information on how endoscopes work, correct ...More
3 days ago Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Endoscopy Devices Market Expected to Reach $36.9 Billion Globally by 2019

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, “Endoscopy Devices Market (Endoscopes, Endoscopic Operative Devices, and Visualization Systems) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013-2019,” the ...More
3 days ago Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
H3N2 Viruses Remain the Most Common Cause of Flu in the U.S.

According to this week’s FluView report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), flu activity is widespread in most of the country and key indicators used to measure severity are climbing sharply. H3N2 viruses remain the most common. Flu activity has ...More
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UGA Researchers Develop New Treatment for Rabies

Successfully treating rabies can be a race against the clock. Those who suffer a bite from a rabid animal have a brief window of time to seek medical help before the virus takes root in the central nervous system, at which point the disease is almost invariably fatal. Now, ...More
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Researchers Report Success in Preventing CRE Colonization and Infection

Researchers from the Chicago Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention Epicenter (C-PIE) were able to reduce colonization and infection of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacteriaceae (KPC CRE) at four long‐term acute care hospitals using a ...More
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Study Reveals How Listeria Breaches the Placenta

A gut bacterium called Listeria (Listeria monocytogenes), which is often found in soft cheese, is known to present a risk to pregnant women. Listeria uses distinct tactics to breach the intestine and the placenta, using a protein called phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3-K), ...More
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FDA Approves a Second Vaccine to Prevent Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease

The Food and Drug Administration announces it has approved Bexsero, a vaccine to prevent invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B in individuals 10 through 25 years of age. Bexsero is the second vaccine approved by the FDA in the past ...More
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Roche Receives FDA Clearance for Next-Generation Cobas MRSA/SA Test

Roche announces that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided 510(k) clearance for the cobas® MRSA/SA Test for the early, simultaneous detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (SA) ...More
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Protecting Fans from Ebola at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea

Thanks to preparedness activities by Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Health, FIFA and WHO, the 1 million people gathered in Equatorial Guinea for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations are able to focus more on footie than on fears of Ebola. ...More
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