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Reducing inappropriate C. difficile testing with a diagnostic stewardship approach

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) describes the outcome of a new approach to testing for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) guided by the principles of diagnostic stewardship.

27 Jun 2024

Study shows feasibility of paper-based patient-reported outcomes in integrative health and medicine

Led by a team of researchers at University Hospitals Connor Whole Health, a new study finds that collecting paper-based patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures of pain, anxiety, and stress is feasible – and that provider, operational, and clinical-level factors impact successful completion more so than patient factors.

25 Jun 2024

Quality Improvement Program for Missouri saves millions and enhances elder care

A researcher at the University of Missouri has developed a program that improves the quality of care and reduces avoidable hospitalizations in nursing homes -; saving Missouri nursing homes and Medicare millions of dollars and allowing Missouri nursing homes to invest more in retaining their most skilled staff members.

24 Jun 2024

Enhancing adoptive T-cell therapy with nanowire innovation

Adoptive T-cell therapy has revolutionized medicine. A patient's T-cells -; a type of white blood cell that is part of the body's immune system -; are extracted and modified in a lab and then infused back into the body, to seek and destroy infection, or cancer cells.

24 Jun 2024

Pandemic worsens depression in teenage boys, not girls

A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, found that girls and boys were affected differently by the pandemic.

21 May 2024

Nursing homes wield pandemic immunity laws to duck wrongful death suits

In early 2020, with reports of covid-19 outbreaks making dire headlines, Trever Schapers worried about her father's safety in a nursing home in Queens.

14 May 2024

WHO overturns dogma on airborne disease spread. The CDC might not act on it.

The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like covid-19, influenza, and measles.

1 May 2024

Meta-analysis reveals drivers of antibiotic resistance in infants

A meta-analysis of genetic studies analyzing the microbiota (bacteria in the gut) of 1,275 infants from 10 countries finds that cesarean delivery and antibiotic use are driving the increase of antibiotic resistance genes load among infants, according to new research being presented at this year's ESCMID Global Congress (formerly ECCMID) in Barcelona, Spain (27-30 April).

24 Apr 2024

Global study reveals mismatch in COVID-19 treatment guidelines with WHO standards

Study assesses global discrepancies in COVID-19 management guidelines across WHO member states, revealing that many national guidelines do not fully align with WHO recommendations, especially in lower-resource countries.

23 Apr 2024

Hospital sinks fuel antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control reports the infection prevention steps taken to control a months-long multispecies outbreak of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales that occurred in a pediatric ward at the Toho University Omori Medical Center in Tokyo in 2017.

12 Apr 2024

Rising antibiotic resistance prompts shift to ecological research strategies in infection control

The need to enhance research on the interactions between bacterial pathogens and commensals within human microbiomes.

12 Apr 2024

Quality dementia care in nursing homes: Lessons from the pandemic

No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these facilities which provide essential services to a growing number of older adults, many living with cognitive impairment.

12 Apr 2024

Xenotransplantation poised to become a clinical reality soon

Speaking today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation in Prague, Muhammad Mohiuddin, MBBS, said xenotransplantation, hailed as the future of organ transplantation, is poised to become a clinical reality within the next several years.

12 Apr 2024

Wound warriors: How microbes influence healing and infection risks

Study explores how wound microbiota affect skin repair and infection risk by altering host immune responses, underscoring the complexity of microbial interactions in wound healing.

7 Apr 2024

Mass General Hospital develops clinical decision support tool for mpox diagnosis

Diagnosing infectious conditions can be challenging. Diagnosis is especially challenging for uncommon and emerging infectious diseases for which there's limited clinical experience.

5 Apr 2024

Simple pre-surgical protocol can help prevent dangerous post-surgical infections

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) demonstrates the use of a simple pre-surgical infection prevention protocol to prevent dangerous post-surgical infections.

28 Mar 2024

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was.

19 Mar 2024

AI technologies can accurately identify cases of healthcare-associated infections

A new proof-of-concept study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) reports that artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can accurately identify cases of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) even in complex clinical scenarios.

14 Mar 2024

European initiative aims to advance the understanding of RNA communication

RNA, which stands for ribonucleic acid has become a mainstream word in society due to the COVID-19 RNA vaccine - yet the value of this biomolecule to society could extend to numerous sectors including food security and personalized medicine.

5 Mar 2024

SolasCure publishes phase IIa clinical trial report in leading wound care journal

Study demonstrates proof-of-concept and strong safety profile of Aurase Wound Gel in patients suffering from chronic wounds.

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Infection Control News and Research

Reducing inappropriate C. difficile testing with a diagnostic stewardship approach

Study shows feasibility of paper-based patient-reported outcomes in integrative health and medicine

Quality Improvement Program for Missouri saves millions and enhances elder care

Enhancing adoptive T-cell therapy with nanowire innovation

Pandemic worsens depression in teenage boys, not girls

Nursing homes wield pandemic immunity laws to duck wrongful death suits

WHO overturns dogma on airborne disease spread. The CDC might not act on it.

Meta-analysis reveals drivers of antibiotic resistance in infants

Global study reveals mismatch in COVID-19 treatment guidelines with WHO standards

Hospital sinks fuel antibiotic-resistant bacteria spread

Rising antibiotic resistance prompts shift to ecological research strategies in infection control

Quality dementia care in nursing homes: Lessons from the pandemic

Xenotransplantation poised to become a clinical reality soon

Wound warriors: How microbes influence healing and infection risks

Mass General Hospital develops clinical decision support tool for mpox diagnosis

Simple pre-surgical protocol can help prevent dangerous post-surgical infections

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

AI technologies can accurately identify cases of healthcare-associated infections

European initiative aims to advance the understanding of RNA communication

SolasCure publishes phase IIa clinical trial report in leading wound care journal

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