The Rising Threat of Candidozyma auris
Antimicrobial Resistance and Global Spread
In recent years, infections caused by Candidozyma auris (C. auris) have increased significantly. C. auris is a drug-resistant yeast that...
The New Regulatory Landscape for UV-C: What EVS and IP Leaders Need To Know
We just returned from this year’s AHE Exchange and APIC conferences—two of the largest gatherings of healthcare environmental and infection prevention professionals. While we...
A Healthy Future for Community Pharmacy: Lessons from Point-of-Care Testing Platforms
A Healthy Future for Community Pharmacy:
Lessons from Point-of-Care Testing Platforms in Canada and the United Kingdom
Introduction
In an era of escalating healthcare demands, community pharmacies...
The Value of a Biorisk Management System: Enabling Infectious Disease Laboratory Excellence on all...
Opinion Paper By Patty Olinger, JM & Stefan Wagener, PhD
Biosafety and biosecurity are essential components of modern laboratory operations, ensuring that safety and security...
A Quick Look at Hypochlorous Acid for Eco-friendly Hospital Disinfection
Abstract
Safely and effectively eliminating pathogens from surfaces without causing harm to patients, health care staffs, or capital equipment can be incredibly challenging, especially with...
Listen Up About Listeria
A Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) outbreak in the United States tied to contaminated deli meat has killed two people and hospitalized an additional 28 from...
Case Fatality Rate – What Does it Mean?
In the science of epidemiology, one term that often comes up is “case fatality rate.” Most of us know that it has something to...
UV Radiation, a source for “Superbugs”?
Recently, while reading a report on the opportunities of UV disinfection technologies and the “proclaimed” bright market future (Grand View Research, 2023), I was...
What’s in a Name? Canada’s new “Biocide” Regulation coming in 2024!
As 2023 has ended and we reflect on the past year, we also look at the new year for what will happen around the...
Walking in the Woods – Lyme Disease
I remember enjoying my walks in the woods in Manitoba, Canada, and never being too concerned about anything, maybe a turned-over tree, wet spots,...
