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It can spread to people who touch a contaminated surface and cause infections if it gets into a cut, scrape, or open wound. In the past, most MRSA infections have been associated with hospitalization or other healthcare-associated risk factors. However, in more recent years, healthcare providers have observed ...
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. ...
Lack of Cleanliness. “Community-associated infections of MRSA (CA-MRSA) can occur in the workplace, school, and other locations where people come together,” said Frank Selamie, President of CTSI. “Basic facility cleaning and disinfection procedures, personal hygiene, wound care, and personal protective equipment (PPE) can all contribute ...
International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) has been championed by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology since 1986. ...
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has championed International Infection Prevention Week since 1986. ...
MRSA can spread to people who touch a contaminated surface and cause infections if it gets into a cut, scrape, or open wound. In the past, most MRSA infections have been associated with hospitalization or other healthcare-associated risk factors. However, in more recent years, health care providers have ...
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 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 ...
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 can include pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis. ...
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 is developing the novel formulation of XF-73 Dermal for the prevention of infections associated with open wounds and broken skin including diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) – up to 25% of US diabetic patients may suffer from DFUs in their lifetime and c. 13% have active ulcers. ...
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 ...
This treatment, which has been clinically validated in high-risk surgical cases, leading to significantly reduced surgical site infections, could be important not only against COVID-19 but also other viral and bacterial transmissible ...
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 ...
For example, how do you know that hospital staff are following best practices to prevent infection? How is infection tracked throughout the hospital? Many hospitals still rely on mostly manual data collection to try and answer these questions. ...
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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 ...