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CDC Experts Outline Steps to Prevent the Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Today on Medscape, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts Drs. Raymund Dante and Alice Guh provide step-by-step guidance for healthcare professionals that can help protect their patients by preventing the transmission of carbapenem-resistant ...More

June 21, 2012

Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions

CDC Develops New Test for Dengue Virus

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a new diagnostic test to detect the presence of dengue virus in people with symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. The test, called the CDC DENV-1-4 Real Time RT PCR Assay, has been authorized ...More

June 20, 2012

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CDC Launches Free Continuing Education Course for Nurses and Dialysis Technicians

Infections are one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death for patients on hemodialysis. In an effort to ensure that CDC infection prevention recommendations are implemented in hemodialysis facilities, CDC has created a new continuing education training course ...More

June 13, 2012

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CDC Helps Clinicians Double-Check Injection Practices

According to a new study in Medical Care, between 2001 and 2011, at least 130,000 patients were potentially exposed to life-threatening diseases after their clinicians failed to follow safe injection practices. In this age of high-tech care, it is difficult to image that ...More

May 30, 2012

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Expert Discusses Key Changes in Sinus Infection Guidelines in CDC Blog

Today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Anthony Chow, MD, discusses key changes in sinus infection guidelines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). The new guidelines give clinicians specific ...More

May 18, 2012

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APIC President Discusses New Competency Model for Infection Preventionists in CDC Blog

Today on CDC’s Safe Healthcare Blog, guest author Michelle Farber, RN, CIC, 2012 president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), discusses the changing role of infection preventionists (IPs). APIC unveils a new competency model ...More

May 14, 2012

Posted in News, Policies and Practice

New Report Provides a Decade of Analysis of Foodborne Illnesses

Clinical Infectious Diseases is publishing a supplement, FoodNet in 2012 – A Foundation for Food Safety in the United States. The supplement includes new data from the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), which tracks important foodborne illnesses ...More

May 10, 2012

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New Report Illustrates Impact of Sequestration to Medical Research

The report, "Sequestration: Health Research at the Breaking Point," released today by Research!America, demonstrates the damaging consequences of potential automatic spending cuts, or sequestration, to the nation's medical research enterprise and public health, and offers ...More

May 10, 2012

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CDC Restates Position on Use of Single-Dose and Single-Use Vials

In an effort to ensure clinicians are clear about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, the agency is restating its position on the use of single-dose/single-use vials and also seeks to dispel inaccuracies being disseminated to healthcare ...More

May 3, 2012

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

Immunization Advocate Receives Childhood Immunization Champion Award From CDC

The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) announces that its associate director for immunization projects, Diane C. Peterson, has been selected as the Minnesota recipient of the first annual Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Childhood Immunization Champion ...More

April 24, 2012

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

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