Why Mandatory Training Needs to do More Than Tick a Box
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Achieving staff engagement with mandatory training topics is a challenge for many organisations. Too often, staff will attend events for the ‘tick in the...
Lassa Fever Outbreak hits Nigeria
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Since November 2015, at least 10 states in Nigeria have been affected by an outbreak of Lassa fever, an acute viral disease that causes...
Colour-Coding to Prevent Hospital Infections
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Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is not as simple as implementing a hand hygiene program, investing in an ultraviolet disinfection robot or switching to a...
Socially Motivated “Nudges” Can Curb Antibiotic Overprescribing in Primary Care
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Two socially motivated behavioral interventions can effectively reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing by primary care physicians, according to a study published today in the Journal...
Why the Entertainment Factor Matters in Health Education
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Health education has been around for a long time. There are tried and trusted teaching and education techniques, based on traditional pedagogy, which have...
Zika Threat Warning Raised Without Proof of Causation
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Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, convened an Emergency Committee of 18 experts and advisers to assess the level of threat...
Can we Overcome Drug Resistant TB?
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient and deadly bacterial disease that generally affects the lungs. Despite the fact that TB is both preventable and curable,...
The Infection Prevention and Control Conference 2016
With the current threat of infectious diseases, our greatest weapon is knowledge. However, knowledge gained through research and the information that is ultimately published...
What’s the Hysteria about Listeria?
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Packaged salad products from a Dole processing facility in Springfield, Ohio have been linked to outbreaks of listeriosis in both the United States and...
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....
