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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published on October 3, 2024, linked Burkholderia multivorans infections to ice machines in multiple healthcare facilities in the western United States. This post summarizes key findings, implications, and recommended practices for healthcare providers to ensure patient ...
Targeting peak sales potential of $1 billion in the major markets 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 that it has now finalised plans for its Phase 3 studies for its late-stage clinical asset, XF-73 Nasal. Highlights Discussions held ...
The agency also warns that patients and residents in healthcare facilities often remain colonized with C. auris for many months, perhaps indefinitely, even after acute infection (if present) has been treated and resolves. “While the risk of C. auris infection in otherwise healthy people is low, in some hospitalized patients with weakened ...
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“Healthcare facilities have infection control procedures in place due to the unique challenges they face from MRSA and other superbugs, but many workplaces where the 5 Cs may be common often do not,” said Harry Pena, President of Zimmetry Environmental. ...
During the rapid demand peak for isolation rooms and effective air decontamination to fight COVID-19, a large amount of hospitals worldwide have learned that the most effective way to decontaminate air is with advanced electric decontamination. Implementing safety measures on all important fronts is crucial for the safety of hospital staff and patients. Increased cleaning, hand hygiene, usage ...
Paul Chirico, President and CEO of Silver Bullet Therapeutics stated, “Silver Bullet is committed to improved patient care. By focusing on control of our manufacturing processes and costs, the OrthoFuzIon Bone Screw System can be made available at the same price as other manufacturers’ traditional titanium screws. ...
This month, the hospital furthered that commitment by adopting cutting edge technology to clean hospital rooms. ...
According to recent reports, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are currently finalizing their hospital control survey. Once complete, the CMS is expected to conduct hospital infection control inspections in the near future. Some in the industry see these actions as a likely prelude to ...
The Super-Hot vapor steam generated by the system offers excellent results in high performance tile and grout cleaning as well as spot cleaning accidental spills on upholstery, and is excellent for cleaning and maintaining mattresses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported approximately 1.7 million cases of Healthcare-associated infections ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Invasive candidiasis is a fungal infection that occurs when Candida species enter the blood, causing bloodstream infection and then spreading throughout the ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are infections caused by a wide variety of common and unusual bacteria, fungi, and viruses during the course of receiving medical care. ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every twenty hospital patients acquires an infection while being treated for another illness. ...
The research was published in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC). Researchers found that MDR-AB was present in the environment of 48% of the rooms of patients infected or colonized by the pathogen. ...
Earlier this month, the Northwest Herald reported about the state of infection control at same-day surgical centers across Illinois. According to the article, of the surgery centers inspected in the past year, 2/3 had been cited for infection control problems. News of these infection control ...
An article in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology discusses how researchers identified contaminated nasal spray as the cause of an outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia in patients at a Denver children’s hospital. A recent news story from WLWT last week reported on the source of a Legionnaires’ ...
According to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) there were 15,323 hospital discharges of people who had experienced infections due to Clostridium difficile in 2009. The vast majority of these infected patients, at 68%, were individuals who were 65 years or older. Of these, almost 60% were female patients. “Clostridium difficile, also known as C. diff, CDI and C. difficile, ...
Leonard Mermel, lead author and medical director of the department of epidemiology and infection control at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, and his team analyzed MRSA samples from the hospitals microbiology department that were taken over a 10-year period. Their research, which was published in the journal PloS ONE, ...
Hospital administrators and infection control professionals know firsthand the dangers of hospital acquired infections (HAIs). ...
According to the IDPH, “The Infection Control Staffing measures now available on the website show the number of infection prevention and control staff for every 100 authorized hospital beds. ...