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 Perspectives are edited but not peer-reviewed.
Zika virus is the latest emergent virus to cause significant morbidity and mortality, despite being identified over half a century prior. Characterization of lesser-known pathogens should not hinge upon their outbreak status, as was…
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most significant public health threats facing the world. There is a lack of new antibiotics, and the development of alternatives will take many years due to the…
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 US employers will – for the first time ever –…
Zika virus fever is spreading in Latin America and has put the local and national health authorities, as well as the general population, on high alert. The World Health Organization has designated Zika virus a…
Health care workers (HCWs) and patients are at risk of acquiring tuberculosis (TB) infection in health care facilities. Such risk characterizes TB as a dual public health threat - first as a communicable disease…
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 environment is considered to play a major role in combating…
Health education has been around for a long time. There are tried and trusted teaching and education techniques, based on traditional pedagogy, which have worked, and continue to work, in improving the health of…
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 that should be assigned to the apparent correlation between Zika…
A Canadian Perspective The numbers don’t lie: antimicrobial misuse in Canada is a pervasive and growing problem. With approximately 23.8 million antibiotic prescriptions written annually, it is estimated that as much as 50% of…
Valuable information from all over the world is being overlooked because the information is not being provided to the key players. Access to the information is becoming more open, but there are still many…
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat reaching pandemic levels. Bacterial infections that were once easily treated with the antibiotics are becoming resistant to not only the drugs that were once used to treat these…
In April 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report detailing the serious threat of antibiotic resistance. The ‘post-antibiotic’ era is fast approaching and we need to take action now. Minor injuries and…
The keys to combat infectious diseases are out there. Due to insufficient communication between key players, we still don't know how to compile all this important information. Many infectious diseases can be controlled, but…
The need for Infection Prevention and Control has become more important than ever, especially in the wake of globalization. In Nigeria the need for Infection Prevention and Control strategies was embraced by different sectors…
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…
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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