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International Central Service Week is Oct. 13-19 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
International Central Service Week recognizes the committed specialists that fill CS departments and make a difference in patient care throughout the United States. Held annually, CS Week starts with ...
ECRI Institute System Automatically Finds Recalled Products in a Hospital's Inventory 27 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
A patient dies when a high-flow suction hose connected to a chest tube pulls on her heart muscle, causing a tear in the aorta. Another patient is fatally injured when a surgical clip dislodges in his ...
Microneedle Patch Could Replace Standard Tuberculosis Skin Test 27 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
Each year, millions of people in the United States get a tuberculosis skin test to see if they have the infection that still affects one third of the world’s population. But the standard diagnostic te...
Investigational Drug Available Directly from CDC for the Treatment of Free-Living Ameba Infections 27 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now has an expanded access investigational new drug (IND) protocol in effect with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make miltefosine availa...
Immune System Influences Skin Microbiome, Study Finds 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrate for the first time that the immune system influences the skin microbiome. A new study found that the skin...
BD Supports the FDA's Proposal to Reclassify Rapid Influenza Tests 26 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) says it supports the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s proposed reclassification of rapid influenza detection tests. A hearing, held on June 13, 2013 by FDA's CDR...
WHO Hand Hygiene Strategy is Feasible and Sustainable for Healthcare Settings Around the World 26 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s strategy for improving hand hygiene is easy for healthcare workers to practice, according to a new study published today in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Healthcare...
Improper Use of Gloves, Frequent Room Entry or Exit Contribute to Poor Hand Hygiene Compliance 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
Cocconi et al. (2013) report that although the World Health Organization (WHO) project “Clean care is safer care” was introduced many years ago in their hospital, hand hygiene (HH) practice shows low ...
Infection Preventionists Invaluable to Improving Hand Hygiene Rates and Decreasing HAIs 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Hand hygiene is an important step caregivers can take in preventing hospital-acquired infections, yet research shows that nurses and other caregivers often don’t follow recommended guidelines for hand...
New Test System Identifies 193 Different Yeasts and Bacteria Known to Cause Illness 23 Aug 2013 | 12:42 am
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today allowed marketing in the U.S. of the first mass spectrometer system for automated identification of bacteria and yeasts that are known to cause serious ill...
