Infection Rate Articles & Analysis

Decreasing biodiversity in an ecosystem can increase the spread of disease, research suggests. Researchers studying amphibian communities in natural wetland ecosystems as well as controlled experiments have shown that as diversity increased, infection rates dropped. The rate of extinction of species is increasing as ecosystems across the world come under pressure from habitat loss, pollution and ...

By European Commission, Environment DG

The presidents of Indonesia and Liberia — Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — and the prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, are to co-chair a UN panel to advise on approaches to development after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015. Announcing the chairs to the UN General Assembly this week (9 May), Ban Ki-Moon, the UN secretary ...

By SciDev.Net

In October, the Columbia University School of Nursing published a news release about a study that found rising infection rates at nursing homes across the country. After examining infections in nursing homes in the United States over a 5 year period, the study concluded that rates of a variety of infections are increasing, including those caused by multiple drug-resistant organisms (MDROs). ...

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

LaunchPad Medical, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $2.5 million Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant (1R44NS115386) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to advance the development of Tetranite®, its bone adhesive biomaterial technology, to improve cranial flap fixation procedures. The clinical use of this product is expected ...

By RevBio Inc.

The environmental and infection control experts at EC2 provide prevention services, inspections and solutions for healthcare facilities battling C. diff threats. Just last week it was reported that an outbreak of C. difficile (C. diff) at a Canadian hospital has already infected 63 patients. The outbreak has caused at least one confirmed death and possibly six others. This latest ...

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Earlier this month, the Northwest Herald reported about the state of infection control at same-day surgical centers across Illinois. According to the article, of the surgery centers inspected in the past year, 2/3 had been cited for infection control problems. News of these infection control problems coincide with a new federal report that was just released that shows an increase in ...

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., (NYSE:TMO) the world leader in serving science, today announced continuing support for The Just Project, a national initiative to provide COVID-19 testing to students, faculty and staff across more than 60 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) at no cost. A $7.5 million commitment for the 2021-2022 school year will once again provide diagnostic ...

By Thermo Fisher Scientific

Cuts and lacerations are among the most common complaints that bring patients to urgent care clinics. Whether a wound originates from an accident with a sharp object, such as a kitchen knife or yard tool, or from a blunt force such as a fall, there may be a risk of infection. Urgent care providers are responsible for providing treatment that promotes healing and helps prevent wound infection. ...

By KitoTech Medical, Inc.

We are now gaining an understanding of the impact of this global pandemic. Infection rate drives the need for better data collection, analysis and reporting in real-time. Addressing contamination control for our healthcare facilities becomes ground zero in preventing and controlling an outbreak. In their efforts to fight the pandemic and contain its spread, Novatek Medical Data Systems has ...

By Novatek Medical Data Systems

Results show a single, 5-minute treatment of nasal photodisinfection significantly reduces Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of surgical site infections, in pre-surgical patients Top line results met primary endpoint and showed nasal photodisinfection eliminated or significantly decreased Staphylococcus aureus ( aureus) in 92% of carriers treated per protocol (P<0.001). All of the 319 ...

By Ondine Biomedical Inc

Excess noise is a common cause of stress and its impact on health is a concern for environmental policy makers. An analysis of current research in this area raises the question of whether noise-induced stress could increase the likelihood of illness by weakening the immune system. The European Noise Directive1 requires Member States to draw up strategic noise maps to show the level of noise in ...

By European Commission, Environment DG

N8 Medical, LLC today announced a peer-reviewed publication in The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co-authors of promising efficacy data regarding the activity of ceragenin CSA-131 against 100 strains of Candida auris (C. auris) collected from around the world. C. auris is a highly virulent and lethal pathogen of key clinical ...

By N8 Medical, LLC

Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, public health laboratories and researchers have been developing surveillance methods using wastewater to control the spread of COVID-19. The effort has helped identify asymptomatic carriers on college campuses to monitor regional spread among communities and capture emerging mutations ahead of potential future outbreaks. To support these efforts, Thermo Fisher ...

By Thermo Fisher Scientific

An emergency order for four high capacity medical incinerators from Inciner8 was placed when its medical and hazardous waste levels soared, as the states' COVID-19 cases spiked. It required the systems to be delivered in under a fortnight and be capable of burning up to 1,000 kilos of waste an hour, for ten hours every day. In response, Inciner8 manufactured and built two 200-kilo and two ...

By Inciner8 Limited

Memic, a medical device company dedicated to transforming robot-assisted surgery with its proprietary technology, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted De Novo marketing authorization of its Hominis® robot-assisted surgical platform for use in single site, natural orifice laparoscopic-assisted transvaginal benign surgical procedures including benign ...

By Momentis Surgical, Inc. (formerly Memic Innovative Surgery)

That was the message from Dr John Penry who spoke to the Herd ’19 conference in Bendigo, recently, about ways dairy farmers can reduce the use of antibiotics on-farm. The newly appointed Dairy Australia manager of technical and innovation, Dr Penry outlined four management methods for dairy farmers to replace blanket dry cow therapy which involves treating the entire herd with ...

By Dairy News Australia

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics known as beta-lactams. These antibiotics include methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin, and amoxicillin. In the community, most MRSA infections are skin infections. Last month, Time Magazine published a story about the rise of ...

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Merck, a leading science and technology company, today hosted a panel discussion on the occasion of the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The panel entitled,“Leaving no one behind: from philanthropy to sustainable health solutions. How can decentralized manufacturing be part of an integrated approach to tackling NTDs and advancing Universal Health Coverage?” included ...

By Siemens AG

Company to showcase first and only FDA-authorized surgical robot that features miniature humanoid-shaped arms and host in-booth surgeons to discuss their experiences with Hominis Tel Aviv, Israel and Fort Lauderdale, FL, November 11, 2021 – Memic Innovative Surgery (Memic), a medical device company dedicated to transforming healthcare with its proprietary surgical robotic technology, ...

By Momentis Surgical, Inc. (formerly Memic Innovative Surgery)

The 221b Foundation, a nonprofit organization established by Sherlock Biosciences to address the global COVID-19 pandemic and diverse representation in STEM, today announced an initiative with the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) in Nepal to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the country. With contributions from Sherlock Biosciences, Open Philanthropy, Integrated DNA Technologies ...

By Sherlock Biosciences, Inc.