Building Water Systems: The Sustainability and Public Health Nexus
The healthcare system is complex and often disjointed in its planning and policy-making. Decisions about patient care and building care rarely have the same...
InfectionControl.tips Board Members Lead Discussions in Environmental Infection Prevention as ISSA Returns in Person
The Covid-19 pandemic has forever changed the cleaning industry. For those committed to public health and excellence in the cleaning industry, the ISSA North...
TIPS Sudden Science Trial #1019811 – High Touch UV Disinfection Device
We are seeking up to twenty (20) facilities within the USA
to use the UV-CLEAN device for a 30-day trial period.
THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS CLOSED.
THANK...
Insurance Companies Pay the Price for HAIs
Peer Reviewed
Abstract:
Hospitals continually publicize their levels of quality and safety, but there is still a steady increase in occurrences and fatalities due to infections...
Reduction of Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections by Improving Compliance
Abstract:
Patients are especially prone to infections of the bloodstream when they are receiving medicines and nutrients through central and peripheral lines. At the Infection...
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): A Primer
Abstract:
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a rare, acute and sometimes fatal human disease affecting mostly those who live in (or travel to) the...
Food Recalls: European Union – Week 24
Abstract:
This article provides a summary of the food recalls in the European Union for Week 24, 2015
Main Article:
This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid...
Camels, Cattle and Coronavirus: the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Hunt must Continue
Abstract:
The prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in animals may only have begun to be appreciated. The disease is well characterized, but...
Antibiotic Stewardship: The Role Medical Laboratories Play
Abstract
I often refer to antimicrobial resistance as the slow-burning pandemic that continues to spread like a smoldering wildfire – picture a large expanding, ignored...
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,...
