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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

Culturing of Duodenoscopes is Advised

News of patient deaths caused by outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections is fueling media attention and putting the ...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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Sewage Provides Insight Into the Human Microbiome

A new study demonstrates that sewage is an effective means to sample the fecal bacteria from millions of people. Researchers say the information gleaned from the work provides a unique opportunity to monitor, through gut microbes, the public health of a large population ...More
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Multicenter Study Finds Respiratory Viruses Most Common Cause of Pneumonia in Children

Respiratory viruses, not bacterial infections, are the most commonly detected causes of community-acquired pneumonia in children, according to new research released Feb. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The multicenter Etiology of Pneumonia in the Community (EPIC) ...More
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Ebola Teaches Us That Public Health Preparedness Requires Ethics Preparedness

Today the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues reported that the federal government has both a prudential and a moral responsibility to actively participate in coordinated global responses to public health emergencies wherever they arise. "The Ebola ...More
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New Evidence Helps Healthcare Workers in the Fight Against Ebola

One year after the first Ebola cases started to surface in Guinea, the latest findings from a Cochrane review show new ways of hydrating patients in critical-care environments across the world. The study, published today in the Cochrane Library, will give healthcare workers ...More
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One Case of Human Infection with H5N6 Virus in China is Reported to WHO

On Feb. 23, 2015, the Department of Health, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), China notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of one additional laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus. A 61-year-old man from Hong Kong ...More
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WHO is Notified of Four Cases of MERS-CoV in Saudi Arabia

Between Feb. 20, 2015 and Feb. 22, 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of four additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including one death. ...More
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Coverall Celebrates 30 Years of Clean

Coverall North America, Inc., a franchisor of commercial cleaning franchised businesses, celebrates 30 Years of Clean, a major milestone that marks the company's 30th anniversary. Coverall started in 1985 as a three-person company headquartered in San Diego and is now a ...More
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Germ-Zapping Robot Deployed at William Beaumont Army Medical Center

Standing 5 feet 2 inches tall, William Beaumont Army Medical Center’s newest staff asset doesn’t initially have a commanding presence. It is the L-Vira Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot. However, after five minutes, its impact has the potential to save countless lives ...More
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Spectra254 to Exhibit at the 2015 AORN Surgical Conference & Expo

Spectra254, a developer of high-power, easy-to-use, and affordable UVC light decontamination systems, will exhibit products at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ Surgical Conference & Expo in Denver, March 7-11, 2015 at the Colorado Convention ...More
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New Council Formed to Rid the World's Operating Environments of Surgical Smoke Plumes

Surgical smoke plume is a hazardous byproduct of operative procedures known to contain harmful gases, minute particles, and microorganisms. Inhalation of this plume by clinicians and patients has been well documented as a hazard to their health and well-being. ...More
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