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 Perspectives are edited but not peer-reviewed.
Editor Note: Dr. Graham F. Cope and Bruce Savage are two individuals participating in the Longitude Prize Challenge. The Longitude Prize is a competition that brings together innovators from different fields from around the…
Approximately 1 in 25 patients hospitalized in a U.S. acute care hospital has at least one healthcare–associated infection (HAI), adding up to over 700,000 infections annually. Pneumonia and surgical-site infection are the most common…
Medical Laboratory Professionals saves lives every day. To highlight the efforts of these clinical laboratory scientists, Outbreak News Today featured a team of Medical Laboratory Professionals discussing what a medical lab scientist (MLS) does,…
In March 2017, more than 171,000 chickens in the United States had avian influenza. The current epidemics of avian influenza virus in China demonstrate that it is possible for humans with direct contact with…
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 get the best tools and processes in the hands of…
Environmental spread of dangerous pathogens is becoming more prevalent as international travel gets easier. Chemical microbicides are a useful tool to curb the spread of infectious diseases, but their efficacy is not often uniformly…
A number of factors ought to be considered when purchasing equipment for use in hospitals. At our March 2017 Showcase at our Center of Excellence for Infection Prevention and Control in Buffalo New York,…
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 acceptance of sub-optimal practices as ‘good enough.’ With lessons from…
Some of the most communicable infectious diseases present with fever when they are most contagious. Diseases like flu, norovirus, Ebola, measles and tuberculosis all pose a threat to travellers, hospital patients, and ordinary citizens…
The Yankauer suction instrument is the most widely used suction instrument in the world. It is used in many medical settings including emergency departments, operating rooms, procedure rooms, intensive care units, recovery rooms, ambulances,…
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…
Superbugs (or multidrug-resistant pathogens) are being spread, as our treatment choices diminish. Diagnostic tests to identify the pathogen(s) responsible for an infection can improve a patient’s recovery and reduce the spread of superbugs in…
Sanitis is a global sales and marketing company distributing “next generation” infection control solutions for the health care, food processing and food service, janitorial, and transportation industries. Abstract Nosocomial infections are a serious and…
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…
Studies have shown that less than 50% of environmental surfaces in patient care rooms are properly cleaned and disinfected. Evidence strongly suggests that cross contamination of microorganisms from environmental surfaces is directly related to…
Bacteraemia is indicated by the presence of pathogens in blood. As this is systemic, bacteraemia can become fatal very quickly. In the United Kingdom, the institution of surveillance programs has decreased the incidence of…
With the spread, and impending pandemic, of antimicrobial resistance, public health agencies from around the world are promoting a multifaceted approach to limit the use of necessary antimicrobials. Multiple studies have concluded that increased…
Pharmaceutical companies spend an enormous amount of time and resources making sure that their products are safe for the patient. If a sterile drug company fails to do what is expected by a country’s…
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are caused by a variety of pathogens which can often thrive on soft surfaces and are easily spread. This poses a danger for everyone who works in, receives treatment from or…
About half of all healthcare worker (HCW) absence can be attributed to gastrointestinal and/or respiratory illness, two sets of conditions that could be caught from patients. HCWs likely experience infection-related illness 1.5 times more…
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