The Discovery Awards: New Seed Funding Available
A new round of seed funding has been made available for teams working on diagnostic tests to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use. The Discovery Awards 2017 will...
It May be Disinfected, but, Is It Clean?
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Hospitals are a hotspot for acquiring dangerous and life-threatening infections, which are transferred patient to patient when sufficient prevention measures are not in place....
Clean Water, Air, Hands and Surface Lower HAIs
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Effective infection control programs must deal with all environmental sources and modes of transmission that lead to the negative effects of microbes on materials....
The Evolution of Charged Electrostatics
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Objective: The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the enhanced...
Prevent Diabetic Foot Infections to Cut the Risk of Amputation
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Diabetic foot infections are common and preventable occurrences that raise the risk of amputation. Regular foot screenings by a primary care physician are a...
Breaking the Chain at the First Link
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What do We Mean When We Talk about “Cleaning” and “Disinfecting”?
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When educating the public, we often use words like clean, disinfect, and processed interchangeably. What is often overlooked is that to infection control practitioners, the differences are...
Effective Reduction of Bacteria from Surfaces Using Bleach and Silver Dihydrogen Citrate Solutions
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Disclaimer: The author of this report and InfectionControl.tips declare no conflict of interest with the following article. Testing was performed at the Jacobs...
Antimicrobial Properties of Copper and Copper Alloys for Infection Control
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Over the past decade the development of additional disinfecting methods has become increasingly important to prevent hospital acquired infections as antibiotic drug resistance has...
Use of Novel Approaches to Reduce Clostridium Difficile in an Inner City Hospital
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Background:
Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that can lead to antibiotic-associated diarrhea and sepsis.1 Since C. difficile is shed in feces, any...
