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Silver (and copper) antimicrobial
bullets to kill bacteria
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Dana Filoti of the University of New Hampshire will present thin films of silver and copper she has developed that can kill bacteria and may one day help to cut down on hospital infections. The
antimicrobial properties of silver and copper have been known for centuries—last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially registered copper alloys, allowing them to be marketed with the label "kills 99.9 percent of bacteria within two hours." Copper ions are known to penetrate bacteria and disrupt molecular pathways important for their survival. MORE
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Bacterial contamination of surgical scrubs and laundering mechanisms: Infection control implications
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Surgical attire has evolved extensively from the days when surgeons would literally enter the operating theater in their street clothes and, at best, don an operating apron. In fact, it wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century that the
importance of surgical barriers was routinely recognized. While there is general consensus today as to what is considered acceptable surgical attire, there remains a significant lack of organizational consensus, even in today’s highly infection-control conscious environment, as to where and how surgical attire is laundered and stored.
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CDC: H1N1 vaccine supply growing
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About 38 million doses of H1N1 flu vaccine are available for states to order, twice as much as a few weeks ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. About
one-third of the supply is in the nasal spray form. As of Oct. 28, nearly 16.9 million doses of H1N1 vaccine had been shipped to states. Flu activity continues to be widespread in 48 states.
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Cost-effectiveness of the hospital infection control response
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When it comes to preventing the spread of respiratory infections in a hospital, is it better to adopt the most stringent measures possible or a more moderate approach? One might assume it's best to go with the strictest measures possible, but what if prevention comes with a hefty price tag?
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ASHES announces online education courses for January
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Start the New Year off on the right foot and register for one of the
ASHES online education courses starting in January. The Supervisory Course and Director Course will begin Monday, January 11. Starting January 25, we will start the CHESP Study Group. Click here to view the complete listing of online education courses.
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'Clever cleaning' the way To beat hospital superbugs, U.K.
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Just one extra cleaner on a hospital ward can save lives and money, according to new research sponsored by UNISON, the UK's largest public service union.
The detailed study found that one extra cleaner, using targeted cleaning methods, had a "measurable effect on
the clinical environment," cutting the number of patients who contracted MRSA and saving the hospital an estimated £30,000 - £70,000. If that were replicated in every ward in every hospital, many lives would be saved and millions of pounds.
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ASHES' Business Case for Environmental Services - Integrated Pest Management (Sponsored by Orkin)
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ASHES offers comprehensive IPM planning and implementation guidelines in its ASHES Recommended Practice: Integrated
Pest Management, co-authored by experts from ASHES and Orkin, Inc., and available from the AHA Online Store (under
"Environmental Services"). Click
here to view an overview of a typical IPM implementation based on this best-practices guide.
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Federal Safe-patient-Handling Bill introduced
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Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has introducted a bill mandating safe handling of patients. The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop and implement a standard to eliminate, to the greatest degree feasible based on technological and medical considerations, manual lifting of patients by RNs
and other healthcare workers through the use of mechanical devices.
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Healthcare sector accounts for 8 percent of U.S. carbon footprint
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The U.S. healthcare sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country’s carbon-dioxide emissions, according to University of Chicago researchers. The research takes into account activities such as hospital care, scientific research and the production and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs. The study shows that the healthcare sector
produces 8 percent of the country’s total carbon-dioxide output despite accounting for 16 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. The report was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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