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Leveraging Combination Disinfection for Floors
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Floors are an underappreciated fomite or source of pathogens. These pathogens can transfer to our hands, and from there, further spread to other surfaces...
Beyond Clean: Sustainability to Improve Health
What is sustainability? Strictly speaking, it’s ensuring that we can continue with our daily activities without any consequences to our collective outcomes. In healthcare,...
The Maggots: Professional Wound Cleaners
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Maggots have been used in wound therapy for many decades. The digestive peptides of maggots have antimicrobial, anti-complement and anti-biofilm properties. These peptides can...
The Dangers of Celebrating Too Early
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Clostridium difficile infections are a significant cause of death and harm in the United States. Despite their growing prevalence, surveillance and public reporting of...
Antimicrobial Properties of Copper and Copper Alloys for Infection Control
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Over the past decade the development of additional disinfecting methods has become increasingly important to prevent hospital acquired infections as antibiotic drug resistance has...
Perspectives Towards Bacterial Vaginosis Among Nigerian Students
Peer Reviewed
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This study focused on knowledge and practices towards bacterial vaginosis among non-medical students of Madonna University Elele. Four (4) objectives and four (4)...
Deep Interviews with Game Changers of Infection Prevention (Part 1)
Introduction
Don Lee and Shahid Shah are the hosts of The #HCBiz Show! Their goal is to educate and empower the doers out there and to help them...
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...
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...
Isolation of MRSA from the Oral Cavity of Companion Dogs
Peer Reviewed
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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...
