Electronic Reporting

Electronic Reporting Gives Healthcare Employers the Nudge They Need to Protect Their Own

Abstract: In the United States the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced their new electronic reporting requirements for US workplaces.  Beginning July 2017, most...
Hospital corridor

Time to turn Cleaning Staff into Certified Technicians

Abstract: Healthcare-associated infections claim thousands of lives and cost the healthcare system billions of dollars annually. While the proper cleaning and disinfection of the physical...
MRR

The MMR Vaccine and Autism Conspiracy. Enough Already!

Abstract: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, the anti-vaccination “conspiracy” movement continues to attempt to raise its ugly...
Mosquito

Zika Threat Warning Raised Without Proof of Causation

Abstract: 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...
Bedside Dispenser

Patient Hand Hygiene: The missing link in preventing Hospital Acquired Infections?

Abstract: Hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) are a major threat to patient safety and there is substantial evidence that good hand hygiene reduces the transmission of...
Endoscopes A Patient versus Worker Health Dilemma – Total Health

Endoscopes: A Patient versus Worker Health Dilemma – Total Health

Abstract: As the public becomes more aware of the possibility of becoming infected with drug resistant pathogens from inadequately reprocessed endoscopes when they undergo endoscopic...
What’s in a Name? Canada’s new “Biocide” Regulation coming in 2024!

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...
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Global Antibiotic Awareness Week

Antibiotics are sometimes revered as one of humankind’s greatest discoveries. Thanks to antibiotics, the lives of billions of people have been saved.  The ubiquity of...
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FDA Ruling On TRANS FATS (PHOs)

Abstract: This article provides some information about the current state of trans fats regulation in the United States and the European Union. Main Article: Regulation in the...
Out-TB Web

New Web Surveillance Technology for Disseminating Data Critical for TB Control

Demonstration Data.  Image Courtesy of Public Health Ontario  Peer Reviewed  Abstract: The investigation of tuberculosis (TB) transmission and control is significantly enhanced in Ontario, Canada through the...