Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2017
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Medical Laboratory Professionals saves lives every day. To highlight the efforts of these clinical laboratory scientists, Outbreak News Today featured a team of Medical...
Using Chemical Microbicides to Interrupt the Environmental Spread of Pathogens
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Environmental spread of dangerous pathogens is becoming more prevalent as international travel gets easier. Chemical microbicides are a useful tool to curb the spread...
If You Can’t Clean It, Don’t Buy It!
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A number of factors ought to be considered when purchasing equipment for use in hospitals. At our March 2017 Showcase at our Center of...
Increasing Importance of Barriers for Protection from Infectious Disease
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Reduction of hospital-acquired infections is a major priority for hospital systems around the world. However, adoption of new technologies is often stunted due to...
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...
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...
The Need for Rapid Contagion Screening
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Some of the most communicable infectious diseases present with fever when they are most contagious.
Diseases like flu, norovirus, Ebola, measles and tuberculosis all pose...
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...
Reduction of HAIs with a Novel Yankauer Storage Solution
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The Yankauer suction instrument is the most widely used suction instrument in the world. It is used in many medical settings including emergency departments,...
Isolation of MRSA from the Oral Cavity of Companion Dogs
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There is currently a great deal of concern about the methods of transfer of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the community and...
