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C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Part of National Project to Reduce HAIs

September 29th 2011

Organizations Issue Joint Statement on FDA Clearance of Pediatric Face Mask

September 29th 2011

World MRSA Day Kickoff Event and Global MRSA Summit Live Broadcast Slated for October 1

September 29th 2011

OnSite Services Re-Brands as PREZIO Health, Unveils New Business Model Featuring Expanded Service

September 29th 2011

Panel Tackles Environmental Hygiene-Related Issues

September 29th 2011

A panel discussion, "Improving Patient Outcomes: Building Bridges Between Infection Preventionists and Environmental Services Professionals," was held at the AHE annual conference Sept. 27, 2011. Panel members were William Rutala and Ruth Carrico, as well as Linda Dickey, RN, MPH, CIC; Marita Nash, MBA, CHESP; and Kathy Roye-Horn, RN, CIC. These experts in infection prevention and environmental hygiene discussed disinfection as a patient-safety issue, as well as explored the role of the healthcare environment in pathogen transmission.

2011 Environmental Services Department of the Year Award Winner Announced

September 28th 2011

Ethicon Endo-Surgery to Acquire SterilMed

September 28th 2011

Spanish-Language Series Offers New Educational Tool for TB Awareness

September 28th 2011

New R3 Report From the Joint Commission Examines CAUTIs

September 28th 2011

Aging Population Driving Market Growth in Urological Catheters Market

September 28th 2011

Pediatric Device Inventors Awarded Funds to Design Child-Specific Medical Devices

September 28th 2011

FDA Clears First Single-Use Face Mask for Children

September 28th 2011

Potential Treatment for Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis

September 28th 2011

Stryker Sustainability Solutions Supports Practice Greenhealth's 'Greening the Supply Chain' Initiative

September 28th 2011

Christine Halowell is Named OR Manager of the Year

September 28th 2011

SwabCap to be Focus of Four Presentations at AVA Conference

September 27th 2011

Cardinal Health Introduces New Latex, Powder-Free Surgical Gloves

September 27th 2011

AHE, Kimberly-Clark Professional Launch 'The Heart of Healthcare' Campaign to Honor the ES Department

September 27th 2011

APIC and AHE Partner on Clean Spaces, Healthy Patients initiative

September 27th 2011

Penn Epidemiological Study Takes Snapshot of Long Term Chagas Disease Outbreak

September 27th 2011

Research Yields Unprecedented Insight into Antiviral Immune Response

September 27th 2011

Prevention of Bedsores in LTC Homes is Cost-Effective, Study Shows

September 26th 2011

Modified Vaccine Shows Promise in Preventing Malaria

September 26th 2011

Compound Kills Highly Contagious Flu Strain by Activating Antiviral Protein

September 26th 2011

People Hospitalized with Asthma Less Likely to Die from Swine Flu

September 26th 2011

ASP Offers CE Program on Sterilization and Liquid Chemical Sterilant Processing at MTORS

September 26th 2011

Clorox Introduces its Newest Non-Bleach, Hospital-Use Quaternary Disinfectant Cleaner

September 26th 2011

New Targets for the Control of HIV Predicted

September 23rd 2011

BC Hospitals Begin Routine Testing for HIV to Help Curb Global Epidemic

September 23rd 2011

GOJO, g2 revolution Partner to Give New Life to Unused Hand Sanitizer and Soap

September 23rd 2011

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