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CDC Protocols Cut Dialysis Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 ...read more

Antimicrobial Resistance

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics and similar drugs—called antimicrobials—is considered a major public health threat by the Food and Drug ...read more

Clostridium difficile

This report explores the essentials of Clostridium difficile, one of the most problematic pathogens facing healthcare institutions today. It provides ...read more

Clostridium difficile

Infection Control Today reports on the prevalence of Clostridium difficile, including hospitals' efforts to prevent and control this ...read more

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WHO Statistics Show Narrowing Health Gap Between Countries with Best and Worst Health Status

The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the World Health Statistics 2013 report. The WHO annual statistics report ...More
2 weeks ago
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New Research Identifies Infection and Sepsis-Related Mortality Hotspots Across the U.S.

In the past, researchers have sought to determine the geographic distribution of many life-threatening conditions, including stroke and cardiac arrest. Now, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have created the first U.S. map that ...More
2 weeks ago
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Evidence of Host Adaptation of Avian-Origin Influenza A Virus

A novel avian-origin reassortant influenza A (H7N9) virus emerged in China in February 2013, and is associated with severe lower respiratory tract diseases. To date, more than 100 human cases of infection, including at least 20 deaths, have been reported in China. Three ...More
2 weeks ago
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Antibiotic Stewardship Program Using Mass Spec System Reduces Hospital Stays, Costs

A co-author of a groundbreaking study documenting reductions in patient length of stay and overall costs from implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program using Bruker's MALDI Biotyper will share her observations at a Bruker symposium to be held during the upcoming ...More
2 weeks ago
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OSAP Joins Forces With JCDA to Bring Infection Prevention Resources to Canadian Dental Professionals

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) is joining forces with the Canadian Dental Association and its Journal of the Canadian Dental Association Oasis program to bring infection prevention resources to Canadian dental professionals. Recently, the JCDA ...More
2 weeks ago
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Study Explores Providers' Perceptions of Parental Concerns About HPV Vaccination

A new Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study has found that low-income and minority parents may be more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against human papillomavirus (HPV), while white, middle-class parents are more likely to defer the vaccination. The ...More
2 weeks ago
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The ABCs of Hepatitis: Mayo Clinic Expert Explains Types, Prevention

It’s Hepatitis Awareness Month. Understanding the different forms of hepatitis, who is at risk and how it can be prevented and treated can be confusing. Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert Stacey Rizza, MD, offers the following primer: Hepatitis A: A highly contagious ...More
2 weeks ago
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New Global Study Pinpoints Main Causes of Childhood Diarrheal Diseases

A new international study published today in The Lancet provides the clearest picture yet of the impact and most common causes of diarrheal diseases, the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) is the ...More
2 weeks ago
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Bacteria Research Leads to More Effective Treatment of Complex Infections

Bacteria are life forms, which, like all other life forms, struggle for the best living conditions for themselves. Therefore they will try to avoid getting attacked by the human immune system, and therefore they have developed various ways to protect themselves from the ...More
2 weeks ago
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FDA Releases New Tool to Help Prevent Intentional Food Contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new tool to help bolster the food industry’s defense measures against an act of intentional food contamination. The Food Defense Plan Builder is a comprehensive, easy-to-use software program designed to help owners and ...More
2 weeks ago
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