A Preliminary Field-Relevant Test to Assess Decontamination of High-Touch Environmental Surfaces: Testing with Staphylococcus...
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Editor’s note: The following work represents the preliminary work being performed by the authors. The study was sponsored by Process...
A Novel Biotech Approach to Tackling Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) caused approximately 453,000 healthcare-associated infections in the United States in 2011, resulting in 29,000 deaths within 30 days of initial...
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...
Breaking the Chain at the First Link
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Reduction of Bacteraemia through MRSA Surveillance
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Bacteraemia is indicated by the presence of pathogens in blood. As this is systemic, bacteraemia can become fatal very quickly. In the United Kingdom,...
Jill Promoli: The Sudden Flu Shot Advocate
Jill Promoli’s Twitter profile describes her as “Mom, wife, photographer, traveler, knitter, and suddenly a flu shot advocate.”
That last descriptor, “suddenly a flu shot...
In-Vitro Diagnostics: An Under-Utilized Tool
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With the spread, and impending pandemic, of antimicrobial resistance, public health agencies from around the world are promoting a multifaceted approach to limit the...
The Truth About Sanitizing and Disinfecting
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic made its horrific debut, we have all seen some rendition of this scenario: airplane personnel scurrying down the aisles...
Has the Antibiotic Course Had Its Day?
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Therapeutic interventions for infectious diseases are complicated by multiple factors, including unknowns surrounding the identity of the infectious agent(s), the bacterial load, and the...
Biological Air Quality Considerations for Non-Healthcare, As Built Environments
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Disclosures: This paper was funded by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council
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The importance of good...
