Showing posts with label risk of infectious complications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label risk of infectious complications. Show all posts
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry

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Abstract We characterized the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus among US meat and p...
Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Male Circumcision and Risk for HIV Transmission: Implications for the United States | Factsheets | CDC HIV/AIDS

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Several types of research have documented that male circumcision significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by men during penile-v...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Education Resources, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc APIC |

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APIC works to provide information to both the general public and healthcare professionals. The brochures on this page are regularly rev...
Monday, February 28, 2011

Fast response crucial in outbreaks of food-borne illness, study finds - USATODAY.com

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Nearly three years after a nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened about 1,500 people and claimed two lives, U.S. epidemiologists have...
Friday, February 18, 2011

C. Difficile Spreads from Hospital to Community, ACG from MedPage Today

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Clostridium difficile infection has spread from the hospital to the community but has proved manageable thus far, according to data report...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Balancing infection control with the patient experience, KevinMD.com

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by Kevin Pho, MD Hospitals have recently been stepping up their infection control procedures, in the wake of news about iatrogenic infectio...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) Portal | Home Content

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As a healthcare professional, you recognize the importance of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and keeping your patie...

Cash machines 'as dirty as toilets' - Telegraph

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Experts took swabs from the numeric key pads on a string of city centre ATMs around England which are used by thousands of shoppers every...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Study: Surgical Delays Have Profoundly Adverse Impact | National Nursing News

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A new study emphasizes why caregivers must work to minimize delays in certain elective surgical procedures for patients who have been admit...