Study: Single-Bed Rooms Preferred to Control Certain Bacteria
September 17, 2019
Netherlands study details ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae strategy.
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The Case for Moving Infection Prevention Textiles to the Linen/Laundry Department
September 9, 2019
Contamination incidents can be compounded by the operational/staffing challenges at healthcare facilities.
Shared Accountability: A Strategy to Reduce Infection Risk
September 9, 2019
ICT spoke with Caroline Haggerty, RN, MSN, MBA, LSSBB, manager of quality and patient safety for Penn Medicine in West Chester, Penn., about the importance of shared accountabili
FDA: Healthcare Facilities Should Switch to Disposable Duodenoscopes
September 9, 2019
Disposable designs will improve patient safety
September 2019 Bug of the Month
August 29, 2019
Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in healthcare facilities today. Each column explores the Bug of the Month's etiology, the infections it can cause, the modes of transmission, and ways to fight its spread.
Algorithm That Predicts Immune Response to a Pathogen Could Lead to Early Diagnosis for Diseases Like TB
August 28, 2019
First impressions are important -- they can set the stage for the entire course of a relationship. The same is true for the impressions the cells of our immune system form when they first meet a new bacterium.
NIH and Partners to Launch HIV Vaccine Efficacy Trial in the Americas and Europe
August 27, 2019
The National Institutes of Health and partners today announced plans to conduct a Phase 3 HIV vaccine efficacy trial at multiple clinical research sites in North America, South America and Europe. The trial, called HPX3002/HVTN 706 or Mosaico, will assess whether an investigational vaccine regimen designed to induce immune responses against a variety of global HIV strains can safely and effectively prevent HIV acquisition among men who have sex with men and transgender people.
August 2019 Bug of the Month
August 2, 2019
Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in healthcare facilities today. Each column explores the Bug of the Month's etiology, the infections it can cause, the modes of transmission, and ways to fight its spread.
Flu Vaccine Reduces Risk of Dying for Elderly Intensive Care
August 2, 2019
It appears that an influenza vaccine does not just work when it comes to influenza. A new study shows that elderly people who have been admitted to an intensive care units have less risk of dying and of suffering a blood clot or bleeding in the brain if they have been vaccinated.
Prior Zika or Dengue Infection Does Not Affect Secondary Infections in Monkey Model
August 2, 2019
Previous infection with either Zika virus or dengue virus has no apparent effect on the clinical course of subsequent infection with the other virus, according to a study published August 1 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by David O'Connor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and colleagues.