TIPS JournalInfectionControl.tips · ISSN 2369-7342
Global science and perspectives on infection prevention - for practitioners, researchers and the public.
Practitioners, researchers and innovators share their experience and views. Perspectives are edited but not peer-reviewed.
The author of the following article discusses her path to building a career in Infection Prevention and Control. Through volunteer opportunities, job shadowing and community involvement with a not-for-profit organization, she is applying her…
Bacteria can be found everywhere, including in the human body where it plays an important role in our health. Your bacterial ecosystem is referred to as your microbiota and helps protect you from infections.…
The misuse of antibiotics coupled to a decrease in the number of novel drugs entering the clinic has led to the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. To prevent this from happening, antibiotics should only…
We are surrounded by tiny organisms all around us. To scientists, they are microorganisms, but the general public usually identifies them as “bugs.” To get a better idea of what they are capable of,…
Infection prevention and control in health care settings in Nigeria is still very poor. Improvement in hand hygiene is fundamental to patient safety and could reduce the burden of diseases and deaths associated with…
When educating the public, we often use words like clean, disinfect, and processed interchangeably. What is often overlooked is that to infection control practitioners, the differences are quite large. Knowing the difference between these terms can mean the…
This article is about my family’s experience with antibiotics Main Article: Antibiotic resistance is everybody’s responsibility In 1932 my grandfather’s first wife died of tuberculosis. It wasn’t until 1948 that the first penicillin came to…
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 United States (USA) The United States Food and…
Like many tropical countries, India witnesses a cyclical spike in the number of Dengue cases every 4-5 years1. The current year has been one of the worst. More than 14,000 people have suffered from…
Antibiotics are almost single-handedly responsible for eliminating deaths and mortality caused by infectious disease. However, antibiotic resistance is disseminating among deadly pathogens, returning us to an era where death due to infection is a…
A number of recent developments in the last three months have catapulted antimicrobial resistance onto the world stage. Many other countries, such as the U.S. and U.K., have committed significant funds to tackling the…
Antibiotic resistance is a modern-day crisis. Medical professionals are quickly running out of antibiotics that we can use to treat deadly bacterial infections and our group, the Students for Antimicrobial Stewardship Society, aims to…
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