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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. ...
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 antibiotic known as methicillin, and often resistant to other antibiotics as well, the infections can be very serious and sometimes even ...
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. For 2024, the annual event is taking place from October 13th to the 19th. International Infection Prevention Week highlights the importance of infection prevention ...
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 observed MRSA ...
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 professionals and their prevention efforts and control practices are ...
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 ...
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 ...
According to the CDC: Many people are affected by fungal diseases at different points in their lives, whether dealing with a somewhat common ringworm infection or coping with losing a loved one from a healthcare-associated fungal infection. ...
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. ...
[i] ESKAPE pathogens are the most virulent and dangerous pathogens responsible for some of the deadliest healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Results of the study showed that Ondine’s photodisinfection technology eliminated all ESKAPE pathogens with a high degree of efficacy. ...
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. ...
CDC reported that this fungus poses a unique challenge to public health because it can cause invasive and often deadly infections that can be resistant to multiple antifungal drugs, and that it is particularly concerning because it can spread to other patients. ...
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 ...
With only a few antibiotics in clinical development, new technologies, especially ones that do not develop antimicrobial resistance, are needed to treat healthcare-associated infections. An innovation from UCL in London and developed by Canadian life sciences company, Ondine Biomedical, uses photodisinfection to kill infection-causing pathogens, ...
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. These tactics are time-intensive and often prone to error, leaving infection preventionists and other ...
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Moll, University Medical Center, Utrecht (NL) will explain how the Xeltis synthetic device may potentially enable an immediate start of hemodialysis upon diagnosis and avoid infections or early failure associated with existing devices when turning into a living blood vessel. ...
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 ...