| Preventing Cross-Infection of Patients with Antimicrobial Basin Liners |
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January 23, 2019 |
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The latest infectious diseases news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Preventing Cross-Infection of Patients with Antimicrobial Basin Liners
Specifically designed and manufactured with the intention of preventing cross-infection of patients in clinical settings, the PathAguard® Antimicrobial Basin and Liner System (ABLiS®) works via physical means. It utilizes the unique antimicrobial properties of silver ions which have been proven to kill many microorganisms, especially those associated with hospital-acquired infections.
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| | | | |  APC Microbiome Ireland scientists based at University College Cork have shown for the first time that a high fat "western" diet reduces the efficiency of the immune system to fight infectious disease particularly in the gut, and to infection with the foodborne pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes. | | | | |  A new report has described an alarmingly high rate of undiagnosed acute and chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C in patients with cancer. | | | | |  In what the authors believe is the first documented comparison of several real-time infectious disease forecasting models by different teams across many seasons, five research groups report this week that a majority of models consistently showed higher accuracy than historical baseline models. | | | | |  A large, multi-center study refutes earlier suggestions that antiviral drugs for treating hepatitis C may lead to a higher recurrence of liver cancer. | | | | |  A study from a Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified the specific function of a protein found in HIV and related viruses that appears to slow down viral spread in the earliest stages of infection. | | | | |  The results of clinical trials conducted in Ethiopia by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières, the University of Gondar, and Addis Ababa University, open the way for more effective and safer treatments for people with both HIV and visceral leishmaniasis, a group of patients who have historically suffered from poor treatment options. | | | | |  Do the same laws of biodiversity which apply in nature also apply to our own bodies and homes? If so, current hygiene measures to combat aggressive germs could be, to some extent, counterproductive. | |
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