CMS Proposes Rule to Collect Hospital Antibiotic Use Data April 29, 2016 No Comments A first step toward requiring antibiotic stewardship programs to reign in resistant bacteria.Read More
Beware of Needlesticks as Zika Looms April 25, 2016 No Comments OSHA and the CDC emphasize needlestick prevention.Read More
Fatal Attraction: Why Do Mosquitoes Favor Some People Over Others? April 14, 2016 No Comments Experts: Even if we tried to eradicate all mosquitoes, it would be impossible to do it.Read More
Incoming Zika: A Mosquito Bite becomes Russian Roulette April 12, 2016 No Comments Hundreds of thousands of Zika cases expected in Puerto RicoRead More
The Strain: CDC Baffled by Obscure Bug After 18 Deaths April 7, 2016 No Comments Five cases under investigation could bring total to 63Read More
CDC issues new Infection Control Guidelines for Dental Settings April 1, 2016 No Comments In most cases investigators cannot trace infection to a specific lapseRead More
CDC Hits a Wall: TB Decline in U.S. Levels Off March 25, 2016 No Comments Concerned about "sentinel" TB cases occurring in childrenRead More
FDA Approves Emergency Use Zika Test March 21, 2016 No Comments Test will not be distributed to hospitals --must be done in approved lab.Read More
FDA Moves to Ban Powdered Gloves in Healthcare March 21, 2016 No Comments Have posed longstanding allergic threat to healthcare workersRead More
Drug Diversion Deja Vu: Yet Again, Testing Urged for Thousands of Patients March 18, 2016 No Comments Is there a hidden epidemic of drug diversion infections in healthcare?Read More
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