Latest Nosocomial infection Stories

A new study published today in PLoS Medicine re-evaluates the role of public reporting of hospital-acquired infection data. The study, conducted by Nick Daneman and colleagues, used data from all 180 acute care hospitals in Ontario, Canada. The investigators compared the rates of infection of Clostridium difficile colitis prior to, and after, the introduction of public reporting of hospital performance; public reporting was associated with a 26% reduction in C. difficile cases. The authors...

OAKLAND, Calif., July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clorox Professional Products Company, a division of The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX), announced today that Clorox Healthcare(TM) Bleach Germicidal Wipes are now registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to kill Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) spores in three minutes, the fastest C. difficile contact time available for disinfecting wipes.[i] Clorox Healthcare(TM) Bleach Germicidal Wipes are now...

TORONTO, July 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Optimer Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc. announced today the approval of DIFICID (fidaxomicin) by Health Canada for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in patients 18 years of age and older. DIFICID was approved in Canada on a priority basis recognizing the critical need for new options to treat this disease and is the first new treatment for CDI in over 20 years. Two large double-blind, comparative, randomized clinical studies were...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – An analysis of more than 9 million Department of Defense non-active and active duty personnel revealed that the rates of both community-onset and hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia decreased from 2005 to 2010, while the proportion of community-onset skin and soft tissue infections from MRSA has more recently declined. The background information in the article states that the magnitude of invasive MRSA infections as well as...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- DebMed®, creator of the world's first electronic hand hygiene compliance monitoring system based on the WHO's Five Moments, announced today its participation in Private Organizations for Patient Safety (POPS), a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative designed to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) through improvements in hand hygiene for the benefit of the patient. DebMed is one of 15 organizations that...

MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Each year in Canada, more than 220,000 healthcare associated infections result in 8,500-12,000 deaths, and the rates are rising.  Infections are the fourth leading cause of death in Canada¹. A Point Prevalence Surveillance Project for Healthcare-Associated Infections within Selected Canadian Health Care Institutions was conducted.   The overall prevalence for HAI's has been rising from 111/1000 patients to 124/1000 patients comparing the...

LONDON, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After the booming sales of hand hygiene products in 2008-2009, volume sales plummeted in 2009-2010, before gradually recovering. The hand hygiene market has expanded to include hand hygiene compliance monitoring technologies that, while still at a nascent stage, offer promising growth opportunities for companies in the infection control industry. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.medicaldevices.frost.com), Hand Hygiene...

Saskatoon, June 16-21, 2012 WINNIPEG, June 11, 2012 /CNW/ - Infection control experts from across the country will meet in Saskatoon from June 16 - June 21, 2012 at TCU Place for an educational workshop and conference. The Community and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA-Canada) brings together Infection Prevention and Control Professionals (ICPs), Medical Microbiologists, Epidemiologists, and Infectious Disease specialists from all provinces and territories of...

Ontario geriatric facility bathes patients daily with antiseptic cloths The introduction of daily bathing with disposable, germ-killing cloths resulted in a sustained, significant decrease in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) incidence at a Canadian geriatric facility, according to a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and International Meeting of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Infection...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Proventix Systems, Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. awarded the Lathem Physician Leadership Award in Hand Hygiene to six physicians who demonstrate a commitment to excellence and leadership in hand hygiene in their facilities. The 2012 recipients are Dr. Scott James, Infectious Disease/Virology Specialist at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., Dr. William O'Byrne, Anesthesiologist at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., Dr. Tracy Osborne, Internal...