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Klebsiella is described by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 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. Klebsiella are normally found in the human intestines (where they do not cause disease), and also in human ...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is described by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a potentially dangerous type of staph bacteria. Staph, which is commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people, can sometimes cause infections, but most of these skin infections are minor. With MRSA, which is staph that is resistant to an ...
International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) has been championed by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology since 1986. The annual event highlights the importance of infection prevention professionals and their efforts and control practices. These are crucial tasks as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that on any given day, about 1 in ...
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has championed International Infection Prevention Week since 1986. For 2024, the annual event is taking place from October 13th to the 19th. International Infection Prevention Week highlights the importance of infection prevention professionals and their efforts and control practices. These are crucial tasks as the ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as a type of staph that can be resistant to several antibiotics. The agency warns that anyone can get a MRSA infection or carry MRSA. The risks increase for people with hospitalizations or nursing home stays, skin-to-skin contact with others, and exposure to crowded and unhygienic places. ...
The IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video today. Their newest production discusses International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW). “For 2024, IIPW is taking place from October 13th to the 19th,” said Paul Cochrane, President of Cochrane & Associates and the IAQ Video Network. “Infection prevention ...
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 ...
The IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video today. Their newest production discusses vancomycin-resistant enterococci, commonly referred to as VRE, which are bacteria that can cause various healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). “In the CDC’s 2019 Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States report, VRE was ...
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) ...
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 ...
Fungal Disease Awareness Week (FDAW) kicks off today and runs through the 22nd. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created FDAW to highlight the importance of recognizing, treating, and preventing serious fungal diseases. According to the CDC: Many people are affected by fungal diseases at different points in their lives, whether dealing with a somewhat common ringworm ...
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 ...
Canadian life sciences company, Ondine Biomedical Inc. (LON: OBI), this week presented an in vitro study at the World Anti-Microbial Resistance Congress, in Maryland, USA on the effectiveness of its photodisinfection technology against the group of highly infectious and antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as ESKAPE pathogens.[i] ESKAPE pathogens are the most virulent and dangerous pathogens ...
The Toronto-based research reports a decrease of viral infectivity of 90% of SARS-CoV-2 patient samples using Ondine’s nasal antimicrobial photodynamic disinfection (aPDT), with 70% of patient samples completely inactivated from a single 5-minute treatment. The nose is the primary location for SARS-CoV-2 entry and it has a central role in transmission and disease severity. The Journal ...
Several years ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it was establishing the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network) in Puerto Rico and all 50 states. It was designed to help detect new forms of drug resistance as novel fungal threats emerge. Specifically mentioned in the announcement was Candida auris. CDC reported that this fungus poses a unique ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network (AR Lab Network) in all 50 states back in 2016. It was designed to help detect new forms of drug resistance from germs like bacteria and fungi that develop the ability to defeat the drugs that were designed to kill them. Drug resistance has become a growing concern, especially in ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi Ondine’s nonantibiotic photodisinfection technology has been proven in Canadian hospitals to kill pathogens helping to generate 84% reduction of postoperative infection rates and significant cost savings. The World ...
When most people think of hospital data, they think of data that relates directly to the patients: demographics, diagnosis, lengths of stay, etc. This information is relatively easy to collect, and it is useful when providing treatment and looking at overall trends for care. Other hospital data can be more challenging to gather accurately, but is critical to answering important questions that ...
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To learn how Xeltis’ restorative hemodialysis access graft, aXess, may be opening new horizons for patients with kidney failure, tune in the Visionary Endovascular and Vascular Education (VERVE) Symposium in Sidney, up to 4 December. In his talk on Saturday 4 December (10am AET), Professor Frans L. Moll, University Medical Center, Utrecht (NL) will explain how the Xeltis synthetic device ...
TriMedika – an innovative medical technology manufacturer providing clinical devices for hospitals worldwide – is delighted to be joining the UK Pavilion at MEDICA 2021 (15 – 18 November 2021) to showcase their game-changing thermometer, designed to prevent cross-infection in hospitals. Founded in 2016, TriMedika manufactures the most accurate clinical devices for hospitals ...