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We (The Infection Prevention Strategy) are a Not-For-Profit organization that operates both globally and locally. We perform scientific studies and evaluations. We promote and...
Electrostatics: A Solution for Healthy Touch Point Surface Treatments
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In the infection prevention and control industry, environmental cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces is becoming more important than ever before. Research studies show that...
Personal Protective Equipment Strikethrough: Risk or Rhetoric?
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The CBS investigative news program “60 Minutes” aired a segment called “Strikethrough: A Matter of Life, Death, and Litigation” on Sunday May 1, 2016....
Surgical Site Infection Surveillance: Should You Compare Me to My Neighbour?
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Despite being preventable in most cases, surgical site infections still occur following 5% of all surgeries in Europe and North America. At the Infection...
The Changing Face of Sepsis
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There are few infections that can result in death or lifelong impairment in mere hours. Sepsis is caused by an inflammatory response by the...
Medical Laboratory Professionals SAVE LIVES every day, but do you know who we are?
Editorial by Rodney E. Rohde, Ph.D
April 24, 2016 marks the kick-off of National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (#MLPW #LabWeek #Lab4Life). But, I often wonder if...
Management of Invasive Mould Infections
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Fungal diagnostics is an often overlooked field that has indirectly resulted in an increase in the number of antifungal-resistant pathogens. Fungal infections, such as...
The MMR Vaccine and Autism Conspiracy. Enough Already!
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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...
Newly Published HAI Series for Clinical Laboratory Professionals
We are pleased to announce that two of our authors, Rodney E. Rohde and Amber Mitchell, have collaborated on a series of FOCUS articles...
The Systematic Review Process
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Systematic reviews are the gold standard for making clinical recommendations. They serve as an objective, comprehensive review of a particular topic, which, due to...
