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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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Employees, Equipment and the Environment: Top Infection Prevention Issues in Hospitals

In any given hospital in the country at any given time, 1 in 25 patients has at least one hospital-acquired infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). What's more, many of these infections prove fatal. And as increased surveillance ...More
6 days ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Hospital Changes More Than 1,100 Touch Points to Hussey Copper's MD-Cu29 Antimicrobial Copper

Hussey Copper, a leader in copper manufacturing and maker of MD-Cu29 antimicrobial copper announces Pullman Regional Hospital's conversion of more than 1,100 touch points to the first EPA-registered antimicrobial solid touch surface, at a nominal cost. This reasonably ...More
6 days ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Go Pink for a Cause with Cascades Tissue Group

Cascades Tissue Group announced its plans to again support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) with proceeds from sales of its Cascades® Pink hand towels for the Away-from-Home market. This year Cascades will extend the campaign to a full year, ending next ...More
6 days ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Spectra254 to Exhibit at the Florida International Medical Expo 2014

Spectra254, a developer of high-power, easy-to-use, affordable UVC light decontamination systems, will exhibit its flagship product line at the 24th Annual Florida International Medical Exposition (FIME) in Miami, August 6-8, 2014 at the Miami Beach Convention ...More
6 days ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Study Examines Postoperative Pneumonia Prevention Program in Surgical Ward

A post-operative pneumonia prevention program for patients in the surgical ward at a California Veterans Affairs hospital lowered the case rate for the condition, which can cause significant complications and increase the cost of care. The study was conducted by Hadiza S. ...More
1 week ago Posted in News
FDA Announces Voluntary Recall of All Non-Expired Sterile Drugs from Unique Pharmaceuticals

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare professionals and consumers of a voluntary recall of all non-expired drug products produced for sterile use by Unique Pharmaceuticals Ltd., of Temple, Texas. The recalled products include lot 86513, N-Acetyl ...More
1 week ago Posted in News
GHS Releases Preliminary Results of Investigation Into Surgical Infection Outbreak

An intensive three-month investigation has prompted Greenville Health System (GHS) to install what may be the state’s first bacteriologic point-of-use water filters in a hospital operating room setting in the wake of a surgical infection that affected 15 ...More
1 week ago Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Study Provides New Perspectives on the Current Clostridium difficile Epidemic

More than 80 percent of hospitalized patients who tested positive for Clostridium difficile were tested outside the hospital or within the first 72 hours of hospitalization, suggesting that settings outside of the hospital may play key roles in the identification, onset and ...More
1 week ago Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Ancient Genetic Material from Caries Bacterium Obtained for the First Time

UAB research concludes that the Streptococcus mutans, one of the principal bacteria causing dental caries, has increased the changes in its genetic material over time, possibly coinciding with dietary changes linked to the expansion of humanity. This is highlighted in ...More
1 week ago Posted in News
Intestinal Parasites are 'Old Friends,' Scientist Argues

Intestinal parasites such as tapeworms, hookworms and a protist called Blastocystis can be beneficial to human health, according to a new paper that argues we should rethink our views of organisms that live off the human body. To prove the point, paper co-author Julius ...More
1 week ago Posted in News