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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 ...
Fungal Disease Awareness Week (FDAW) takes place from September 16th through the 20th. FDAW was created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to focus attention on the importance of recognizing, treating, and preventing serious fungal diseases. Fungal diseases are increasing worldwide, and signs suggest this trend will further increase warns the CDC. The agency also reports ...
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health) warns that tuberculosis (TB) is still a life-threatening problem in the city. As recently as 2022, the agency reports there were 536 confirmed TB cases, including some involving multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB, and that 100% of NYC neighborhoods had at least one TB case. TB is caused by a bacterium known as Mycobacterium ...
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) ...
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 ...
Staphylococcus aureus is a type of bacteria that has long been recognized as a cause of disease. Frequently referred to as staph, it is commonly found on the skin and hair, as well as in the nose and throat of people and animals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) even reports that about 30% of people carry Staphylococcus aureus in their nose. Most of the time, staph does not ...
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 ...
World TB Day is recognized in Puerto Rico and across the globe on March 24th. The date of this annual event was chosen to coincide with the date that Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis (TB), back in 1882. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) describes World TB Day as a time to educate the public about the impact of TB ...
Improved patient outcomes and experience, shorter length of stay and cost effectiveness drive the recognition of value in today’s rapidly-evolving and competitive healthcare environment. Stago contracted with Alira Health to conduct an economic evaluation comparing the use of the STA-Liatest D-Di assay to other D-dimer assays in conjunction with a probability assessment model for exclusion ...
Hyperfine, Inc. (Nasdaq:HYPR), creator of Swoop®, the first FDA-cleared portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system™, is proud to announce that Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre are deploying a Swoop system as part of their health services benefitting six communities located in the James Bay and Hudson Bay Area. Until now, patients needing routine or ...
Hyperfine, Inc. (Nasdaq: HYPR) (“Hyperfine”), creator of the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) cleared portable magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”)TM device, Swoop®, is proud to announce that M Health Fairview is deploying a Swoop system in the emergency room (ER), intensive care unit (ICU) and post anesthesia environments at M Health Fairview ...
BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals announced that Ohara Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. has obtained marketing authorization for glucarpidase from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a therapeutic agent for “detoxication in case of delayed methotrexate elimination with methotrexate-leucovorin rescue therapy,” on September 27, 2021. Ohara will sell glucarpidase in Japan with the ...
Summary: Olansi Healthcare Co., Ltd presents a wide range of air purifiers effective in removing odors and other common air pollutants from the environment through its state-of-the-art filtration system. Olansi Healthcare Co., Ltd is a household name for its line of high-quality ...
Shreveport, La. - June 18, 2020 - As healthcare systems across the nation combat human coronavirus, a Louisiana hospital is earning recognition for how they are responding to the crisis - and how that has benefitted its staff and high-risk patients. HealthySole is proud to support the work of the Intensive Specialty Hospital. HealthySole Plus units can reduce pathogen transmissions in any ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a survey and certification memo last June stating requirements for healthcare facilities to develop and adhere to ASHRAE-compliant water management programs. These programs are meant to reduce the risk for Legionella and other bacterial and fungal pathogens associated with water systems. Exposure to Legionella sources in healthcare ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is the ability of microbes to resist the effects of drugs – that is, the germs are not killed and their growth is not stopped. These pathogens can be found in the environment in the air, water, soil and on surfaces, as well as in or on people and animals. All types of microbes have the ...
In less than two weeks, World TB Day will be recognized in Puerto Rico and across the globe. March 24th is the official day of recognition and is the same date that back in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of tuberculosis (TB). The bacteria can be spread from a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat through the air from one person to ...
CleanMed 2017 is an environmental sustainability conference for the healthcare sector and Haas Group International brought their product Maxcom to the expo in Minneapolis, MN to gain recognition within the healthcare industry. The healthcare attendees at CleanMed were very impressed with Maxcom and the capabilities and solutions that it offers for chemical challenges that are faced within the ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that on any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). Healthcare-associated infections are those infections that patients acquire during the course of receiving treatment for other conditions. A number of these infections are due to an expanding list of drug-resistant ...
Clarke Energy and GE will be exhibiting at Institute Healthcare Engineering Estate Management’s (IHEEM) at Slieve Donard Resort & Spa, Newcastle, NI across 25th and 26th May 2016. With an increased pressure on the NHS to reduce costs and lower emissions, there has never been a better time to look into the possibility of installing a combined heat and power system (CHP). Join us to find ...