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Preventing Wound Infections and Complications at Urgent Care
Cuts and lacerations are among the most common complaints that bring patients to urgent care clinics. Whether a wound originates from an accident with a sharp object, such as a kitchen knife or yard tool, or from a blunt force such as a fall, there may be a risk of infection. Urgent care providers are responsible for providing treatment that promotes healing and helps prevent wound infection. ...
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Klebsiella in Healthcare Settings Exposed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate the public about issues that may impact their health. The latest educational video discusses the threat to human health due to the presence of Klebsiella in healthcare environments. Klebsiella is a type of Gram-negative bacteria that can cause different types of healthcare ...
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Imbed Biosciences Wins a $2M Award From the U.S. Army to Prevent Combat Wound Infections
Imbed Biosciences, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract for $1,999,481 by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s (USAMRDC) Military Infectious Diseases Research Program (MIDRP) to accelerate clinical development of an antibiofilm version of its next-generation Microlyte® Matrix wound dressing that can kill bacteria hidden in biofilms. The contract ...
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Klebsiella in Healthcare Settings Discussed in New Online Video
The IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video today. Their newest production discusses Klebsiella, a type of gram-negative bacteria that can cause various healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). “HAIs due to Klebsiella can include pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis,” said ...
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Infection Control Resources to Identify Klebsiella and Other Pathogens in Healthcare Settings throughout Puerto Rico
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes Klebsiella as a type of gram-negative bacteria that can cause different types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). These include pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis. The agency warns Klebsiella bacteria have increasingly developed antimicrobial resistance, most recently to the ...
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Infection Control Resources to Mitigate Patient Exposure Risks to Klebsiella and Other Pathogens
An article published last year in Emerging Infectious Diseases detailed a notable increase of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections in New York City during 2021 through June of 2022. The data for the study came from a large public healthcare system in New York City that serves more than 1.2 million people each year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ...
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Microlyte SURGICAL Associated with Positive Outcomes in Prospective Clinical Case Series in Patients at Risk for Surgical Site Infection
Imbed Biosciences, Inc. (Imbed), a privately held biotech company emerging as a leader in advanced wound care, announced today the results of a prospective clinical evaluation of its next-generation wound Matrix, Microlyte® SURGICAL, in diabetic patients undergoing foot and ankle surgery who would ordinarily be at risk of a surgical site infection. Results will be published in the October ...
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Creative Proteomics Cytokine Launches Growth Factors (GF) Detection Service for Your Research
Cytokine, a subdivision of Creative Proteomics, specializes in providing cytokine research and analytical services for researchers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, as well as academic institutes and government agencies. Recently, the product manager of the company is pleased to announce the launch of the growth factors (GF) detection service for further research enhancement. ...
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Evaluation of CO2 fractional laser beauty machine treatment effect
The most commonly used fractional laser is CO2 fractional laser beauty machine. After more than ten years of clinical application, it can be said that CO2 fractional laser skin resurfacing treatment technology is relatively safe. As long as its therapeutic energy and action density are mastered, there are generally no obvious side effects of. Bvlaser is a professional CO2 fractional laser ...
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XF-73 Dermal infection project advances into clinically enabling safety study with US Government’s NIAID
Destiny Pharma plc (AIM: DEST), a clinical stage innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections, is pleased to announce the commencement of an Investigational New Drug (IND) enabling safety study with its novel XF-73 Dermal formulation. This study is the second of two planned preclinical safety studies of the XF-73 ...
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CD BioGlyco Released Separation of Glycosaminoglycans Service Recently
CD BioGlyco, a biotechnology company that provides glycobiology-related products, analysis, custom synthesis, and design to advance glycobiology research, recently announced the release of separation of Separation of Glycosaminoglycans service to the science community. Glycosaminoglycans, once known as mucopolysaccharides, are mainly found in the connective tissues of higher animals and plants. ...
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Microbion Corporation Receives up to $2.1 million in Funding Support from the US Navy in Partnership with CUBRC, Inc. to Advance Topical Pravibismane
Microbion Corporation of Bozeman, MT, today announced that it has received non-dilutive funding through its strategic partnership with CUBRC, Inc., a Buffalo-based, independent not-for-profit research company, of up to $2.1 million from the US Navy through the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) partnership. The funding project is titled “Pravibismane Suspension as a Topical, ...
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Aatru Medical Announces FDA Clearance and Commercial Launch of the NPSIMS - Negative Pressure Surgical Incision Management System
Aatru Medical, LLC ("Aatru") today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) Class II clearance of the NPSIMS™ Negative Pressure Surgical Incision Management System. The NPSIMS utilizes an innovative mode-of-action that eliminates the expensive electromechanical pump, battery, and electronics found in most other negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems being deployed ...
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Microbion Corporation Announces Data Highlighting Pravibismane’s Effect on Bacterial Energetics Presented at ASM Microbe 2022
Microbion Corporation today announced that the company presented a poster highlighting the effect of pravibismane on bacterial energetics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium avium species at ASM Microbe 2022 in Washington, DC. The objectives of these studies were to further understand the mechanism of action of pravibismane, in both planktonic and ...
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MicroLyte Vet Now Available in Canada
Imbed Biosciences is proud to announce that its animal health product, MicroLyte® Vet, is now available in Canada through McCarthy and Sons Service. McCarthy & Sons Service is a full-service veterinary marketing, supply, and distribution company. Their team of distribution representatives are well versed in surgical and wound care products, and has experience bringing ...
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Midwest Hospitals on the Lookout for MDR-AB
In November of last year, a new study was published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC). It indicated the common presence of Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR-AB), a dangerous multi-drug resistant bacterium, in numerous patient rooms in healthcare settings. Researchers found that MDR-AB was present in the indoor environment of 48% of the rooms of patients infected or colonized by the ...
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Aatru Medical Announces Clinical Study and Interim Analysis of their NPSIMS Negative Pressure Surgical Incision Management System
Aatru Medical, LLC ("Aatru") today announced the successful completion of the first 14 patients in their multi-center New Zealand-based clinical study of the FDA-approved NPSIMS™ Negative Pressure Surgical Incision Management System. The full Study enrollment will include plastic surgery, spinal surgery and cardiothoracic surgery closed incisions. The NPSIMS™, which contains no ...
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Healthcare Associated Infection Exposed in New Public Outreach Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. The online video, Acinetobacter, was developed to educate the general public and healthcare providers about this potentially deadly bacterial pathogen often linked with healthcare associated infection (HAIs). Acinetobacter is a group of bacteria commonly found in soil and ...
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Microbial Outbreak Results in Deaths at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Cinnaminson, NJ, August 8th, 2012 The Health Minister of the Bahamas recently ordered an investigation into an outbreak of a microbial pathogen at a neonatal intensive care unit. The outbreak, caused by a type of bacteria known as Acinetobacter baumannii, is believed to have sickened eight infants and caused two of the infants to die. Outbreaks of Acinetobacter baumannii in healthcare ...
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Candida auris and Infection Control Resources for Healthcare Providers
Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant microorganism that was first identified in 2009 in Asia. It has quickly become a cause of severe infections around the world, including in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is as yeast, which is a type of fungi. CDC describes Candida auris as a concerning drug-resistant fungus because it is: ...
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