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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

Burden of C. diff Infections

Clostridium difficile caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a new Centers for ...read more

Clostridium difficile Infections

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United States in a single year, according to a ...read more

Preoperative CHG Bathing

This report addresses patient skin cleansing with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) as an effective intervention in the arsenal against surgical site ...read more

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Quick Antibiotic Delivery Reduces PICU Needs and Mortality of Pediatric Cancer Patients

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Pediatric Blood & Cancer shows that pediatric cancer patients who receive antibiotics within 60 minutes of reporting fever and showing neutropenia go on to have decreased intensive care consultation ...More
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$2.5 Million NIH Grant to Fund Mount Sinai Research Into Reducing Heroin Injection and HIV Infection

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded Don C. Des Jarlais, PhD, director of research at Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, a 2015 Avant-Garde Award. Des ...More
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Chinese Institute Funds New Antibiotics Research

Margaret Riley, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a pioneer in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, announces that she is partnering with a Chinese scientist to develop a new drug platform, pheromonicins. The Chinese government is ...More
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Could an HIV Drug Beat Strep Throat, Flesh-Eating Bacteria?

With antibiotic resistance on the rise, scientists are looking for innovative ways to combat bacterial infections. The pathogen that causes conditions from strep throat to flesh-eating disease is among them, but scientists have now found a tool that could help them fight ...More
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Antibiotics Give Rise to New Communities of Harmful Bacteria

Most people have taken an antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection. Now researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of San Diego, reveal that the way we often think about antibiotics – as straightforward killing machines ...More
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Polio Vaccination with Microneedle Patches Receives Funding for Patch Development, Clinical Trial

The Georgia Institute of Technology and Micron Biomedical have been awarded $2.5 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to advance the development of dissolvable microneedle patches for polio immunization. The patches will be studied to evaluate ...More
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UGA Researchers Discover Potential Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Researchers at the University of Georgia have developed a new small molecule drug that may serve as a treatment against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a form of the disease that cannot be cured with conventional therapies. They describe their findings in a paper ...More
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CDC, Joint Commission Present Free Webinar on "Your Lab and Ebola: What You Need to Know"

Healthcare personnel have many questions about Ebola. One concern is best practices for lab testing and the management of specimens. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released its Ebola-related laboratory guidance, pertinent to and supportive of ...More
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Keeping Communities Safe from Ebola-Contaminated Waste

Every day, every bed in an Ebola treatment unit creates approximately 300 liters of liquid waste. Managing this waste has been a challenge in the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. The World Health Organization (WHO) is working with partners to ensure this waste is effectively ...More
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Financial Incentives Can Influence Control of HIV in Some Clinical Settings

A new study by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) shows that some HIV-positive patients were motivated by financial incentives to take their HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) medication regularly and maintain control of their HIV -- enhancing their own health benefits ...More
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