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Blood Exposures Survey

The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) recently commissioned a survey among its members to establish the first ...read more

Food Safety in Restaurants

Increased awareness and implementation of proper food safety in restaurants and delis may help prevent many of the foodborne illness outbreaks ...read more

Flu Facts

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on key facts about the 2013-2014 influenza season. ...read more

SSI Prevention

This report explores the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) within the context of evidence-based practices replacing "sacred cows" in the ...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

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MERS-CoV Detected in Camels is Linked to Human Infections

On Nov. 27, 2013, the National IHR Focal Point of Qatar notified the World Health Organization (WHO) that the Supreme Council for Health and the Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM) of the Ministry of ...More
5 days ago Posted in News
New Isolation Gown Invented by Nurse to Address Hospital Infections

Edison Nation Medical medical device incubator and healthcare innovation portal, announces a licensing agreement with Medline Industries, Inc. for the GoGown™, a revolutionary disposable isolation gown designed by healthcare entrepreneur Ginny Porowski, RN, MA, to reduce ...More
5 days ago Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Survey of EMS Personnel Reveals Lackluster Hand Hygiene Practices

Researcher Josh Bucher, MD, of the Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., and colleagues, conducted a survey of emergency medical service (EMS) responders that revealed just 13 percent reported washing their hands before coming in contact with patients. The ...More
6 days ago Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
FDA Study Helps Provide an Understanding of Rising Rates of Pertussis, Response to Vaccination

A new study is helping to provide a better understanding of vaccines for pertussis, or whooping cough. Based on an animal model, the study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and published Nov. 25, 2013, in The Proceedings of the National Academy of ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News
New PLOS and DNDi Collection Highlights R&D in Neglected Tropical Diseases

As part of a collaborative initiative, PLOS and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) will be launching a special collection, PLOS & DNDi: a decade of Open Access and Neglected Tropical Diseases R&D (Research and Development), to coincide with a joint ...More
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New Aggressive HIV Strain Leads to Faster AIDS Development

A recently discovered HIV strain leads to significantly faster development of AIDS than currently prevalent forms, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The period from infection to development of AIDS was the shortest reported among HIV-1 types, at ...More
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Screening New Inmates for HIV May Not Reveal Many New Undetected Cases

More than 90 percent of HIV-infected inmates entering prison in North Carolina had previously tested positive for the virus, according to a study published in the Nov. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. ...More
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2009 Pandemic Flu Death Toll Much Higher Than Official Worldwide Estimates

A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death toll from the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus to be 10 times higher than the World Health Organization’s count, which was based on laboratory-confirmed cases of this flu. ...More
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Scientists Characterize Effects of Transplanted Fecal Microbiota

Scientists at the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and physicians at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, have found that restoring the normal, helpful bacteria of the gut and intestines may treat patients suffering from recurrent ...More
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Adolescents Falling Through Gaps in HIV Services

More than 2 million adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19 years are living with HIV, and many do not receive the care and support that they need to stay in good health and prevent transmission. In addition, millions more adolescents are at risk of infection. The failure ...More
2 weeks ago Posted in News