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A team of Virginia Tech researchers is investigating the challenges presented by four often deadly pathogens that have been documented in household or hospital tap water. They propose fighting these opportunistic pathogens with harmless microbes a probiotic approach for cleaning up plumbing.

InPro Takes Solid Surfaces to a New Level of Antimicrobial Protection

November 4th 2013

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Analysis of U.S. Healthcare Indicates That Improvement in Outcomes Has Slowed

IDSA Announces New Open-Access Journal

Seminar to Address Regulatory Expectations Affecting Validation of Reusable Medical Devices

Eyeing New Opportunities, AAMI Reorganizes Staff

CBSPD Reorganizes for the Future, Welcomes New Executive Director

Duration of Central Catheter Use Drives Risk of Bloodstream Infections in Newborns

How Zinc Starves Lethal Bacteria to Stop Infection

13 Cases of Wild Poliovirus Type 1 Confirmed in the Syrian Arab Republic

Two Additional Cases of MERS-CoV are Reported to WHO

Researchers and Clinicians Unite to Explore What It Will Take to Achieve an AIDS-Free World

IDSA Report Says Better Tests Needed to Improve Patient Care, Public Health

Right Data and Right Approach Enable Hospitals to 'Make Quality Stick'

CDC's Safe Healthcare Blog Emphasizes That Good Infection Prevention Habits Don't Just Happen

Researchers Evaluate Efficacy of Several Aggressive Chemistries for Reduction of C. diff Spores

Targeting Evolution: Could This Be the Next Strategy to Stop Superbugs?

Two New Cases of Human Infection with H7N9 are Reported to WHO

AGA Publishes Clinical Decision Tool to Help GIs Manage HCV Patients

Undetectable Viral Load Associated With Decreased Illness, Death in Patients with Hepatitis C

Holograms Offer Hope in Fight Against Malaria, Study Suggests

New Discovery Could Dramatically Reduce Leishmaniasis Treatment Doses and Side Effects

WHO is Informed of Two Additional Cases of MERS-CoV

Abt Associates Wins Contract with CDC to Study Flu Vaccine Effectiveness

Covalon Announces Major License and Distribution Agreement with Molnlycke Health Care

Cantel Medical Named to the Forbes 2013 List of 100 Best Small Companies in America

HOYA Group to Set Up Joint Venture with Wassenburg Medical Devices in the Field of Endoscopy

Study Finds Ibuprofen No Good for Treating Colds or Sore Throats

One Dose of HPV Vaccine May be Enough to Prevent Cervical Cancer

A New Weapon in the Fight Against Superbugs

Virginia Tech Researchers Explore Natural Way to Displace Pathogens From Household, Hospital Plumbing

InPro Takes Solid Surfaces to a New Level of Antimicrobial Protection

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Emerging Oral Lyme Disease Prevention Strategy and TP-05’s Potential Impact on Public Health

AORN 2026 New Orleans: “Up in Smoke” Poster Urges Nationwide Surgical Smoke Evacuation Policy to Protect OR Staff and Patients

AORN 2026 New Orleans: Evidence-Based Colorectal SSI Bundle Reduces Surgical Infections Through Standardized Intraoperative Nursing Care

AORN26: Teach-Back Method in PACU Discharge Education Reduces Surgical Site Infections

AORN26: Making the Case for Dedicated Perioperative Infection Preventionists