Infection Control Today - Public Health

New Accreditation Opportunity for Local, State and Tribal Health Departments

Public health departments can now strive for national accreditation more typical of universities and hospital systems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is supporting a national voluntary accreditation ...More

March 24, 2011

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Campaign Aims to Raise Awareness for Eco-Sanitation Issue

Poop is taboo, but it doesn’t have to be, say organizers of a campaign to raise awareness about global eco-sanitation issues. On Sunday, March 13, World Poopin’ Day (WPD) will be a social media event to raise awareness and donations for eco-sanitation issues affecting 2.6 ...More

March 7, 2011

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Effectiveness of Wastewater Treatment May be Damaged During Severe Influenza Pandemic

Existing plans for antiviral and antibiotic use during a severe influenza pandemic could reduce wastewater treatment efficiency prior to discharge into receiving rivers, resulting in water quality deterioration at drinking water abstraction points. These conclusions are ...More

March 2, 2011

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Hotel Management Group Establishes Partnership with Clean the World to Fight Hygiene-Related Deaths

Hersha Hospitality Management, an operator of branded and independent hotels in major metropolitan markets, announces that the company will partner with Clean the World, an Orlando, Fla.-based non-profit organization, to help fight the spread of preventable diseases around ...More

March 1, 2011

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Producing Clean Water in an Emergency

Disasters such as floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes, often result in the spread of diseases like gastroenteritis, giardiasis and even cholera because of an immediate shortage of clean drinking water. Now, chemistry researchers at McGill University have taken a key step ...More

February 24, 2011

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Nanomembranes Could Filter Bacteria

New nanomaterials research from the University at Buffalo could lead to new solutions for an age-old public health problem -- how to separate bacteria from drinking water. To the naked eye, both water molecules and germs are invisible -- objects so tiny they are measured by ...More

February 23, 2011

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FDA Seeks to Invest in Foodborne Illness Prevention, Medical Product Safety and Countermeasures

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting a budget of $4.3 billion to protect and promote the public health as part of the President’s fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget — a 33 percent increase over the FDA enacted budget for FY 2010. The FY 2012 request covers ...More

February 16, 2011

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Shortsighted Budget Cuts Threaten Public Health at Home and Abroad

The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), and the Center for Global Health Policy understand the need to get the nation’s fiscal house in order. But as infectious disease and HIV experts, we have seen how cuts in critical ...More

February 11, 2011

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New York is Ground Zero for Exotic Infectious Diseases

Reporter Anemona Hartocollis writes in The New York Times that due to extensive tourism and immigration, New York City tends to be a place where infectious disease-related cases such as cholera, leprosy, plague and others tend to be seen by epidemiologists and public health ...More

February 10, 2011

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NY State Health Department, Nassau Hospital Notify Patients of Possible Hepatitis C Exposure

Four patients treated at South Nassau Communities Hospital Pain Management Center will receive letters this week advising them to be tested for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections. The notification is based on an investigation by the ...More

February 10, 2011

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