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  • 'Bad Blood' Documentary Coming to PBS Stations in June
    "Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale chronicles a frightening time in our nation's history when our blood supply was breached by both AIDS and hepatitis. Through the eyes of survivors and family members, Bad Blood tells how a "miracle" treatment for hemophilia became an agent of ...More
    May 18, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Blood Signatures to Diagnose Infection
    Coughing and wheezing patients could someday benefit from quicker, more accurate diagnosis and treatment for respiratory infections such as flu, through a simple blood test, according to scientists. Dr. Aimee Zaas, presenting her work at the Society for General ...More
    September 7, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Stericycle's Bloodborne Pathogens Training Earns Award
    Stericycle, Inc.'s Steri-Safe Bloodborne Pathogens (BBP) Training has received national acclaim as a Telly Awards winner for online education.  The Steri-Safe BBP Training is the cornerstone of Stericycle's Steri-Safe OSHA Compliance Program.  Serving tens of ...More
    June 22, 2010
    Posted in News
  • BD Announces Launch of BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Pre-Attached Holder
    BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announces the U.S. launch of the BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set with Pre-Attached Holder. The ready-to-use product has been designed to help protect healthcare workers from accidental ...More
    June 2, 2010
    Posted in News
  • One Needle, One Syringe, Only One Time
    To help healthcare workers improve patient safety, the Safe Injection Practices Coalition (SIPC) is launching a new educational video for U.S. healthcare providers that is a straight-to-the-point, 10-minute lesson on safe injection practices.The video is targeted to ...More
    May 26, 2010
    Posted in News
  • SafeShot Technologies Launches "No More Pricks" Campaign to Stop Needlestick Injuries
    SafeShot Technologies, LLC today launched a new campaign called "No More Pricks" to build awareness around the needlestick injury issue which affects more than 1 million healthcare workers each year. SafeShot Technologies has developed an affordable solution to address the ...More
    May 17, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Med Students' Needle-Handling Error Exposes Patients to Potential Infection
    The Associated Press is reporting that a group of medical students at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque did not properly change out needles on medical devices used to test blood glucose levels, thus putting as many as 50 patients at risk for ...More
    May 14, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Ansell Launches Antimicrobial Surgical Glove
    Ansell today announced the launch of its new GAMMEX® Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology, at the Annual Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Perth, Australia. According to Ansell it is the first surgical glove which ...More
    May 4, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Vaccine Has Led to Changes in Pneumococcal Infections
    In the decade since the introduction of pneumococcal vaccination, significant shifts have occurred in the bacterial strains causing serious pneumococcal infections in children, according to a pair of studies in the April issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. ...More
    April 12, 2010
    Posted in News
  • SHEA Releases Guidelines on Management of Healthcare Workers Infected with Hepatitis, HIV
    The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has released new guidelines regarding the management of healthcare providers who are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) calling for each to be ...More
    February 16, 2010
    Posted in News
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