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NEWS SCAN: US flu declines, BSE probe update, fatal lab infection, WHO's hand hygiene efforts

May 4, 2012

 

US officials see decreases in healthcare-linked infections

(CIDRAP News) – An analysis of data from thousands of US facilities indicates that rates of certain common types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) declined in 2010, especially those linked to central intravenous lines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 in cats, H1N1 surveillance, joint cholera efforts, Ukraine measles outbreak, fecal transplants

Mar 15, 2012

 

Studies: US gastroenteritis deaths, imported food outbreaks on rise

(CIDRAP News) – The number of US gastroenteritis deaths more than doubled in 8 years, with Clostridium difficile and norovirus as the two most common culprits, researchers reported today at an infectious disease conference.

Lisa Schnirring
 

CDC report exposes out-of-hospital C diff threats

(CIDRAP News) – Other healthcare settings besides hospitals play a larger role than previously thought in the spread of sometimes-fatal Clostridium difficile infections, according an analysis today of new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: Non-O157 E coli ban delayed, botulism outbreak detection, untreatable gonorrhea, C diff and antacids, measles in Indiana

 

NEWS SCAN: Anthrax cleanup cost, susceptibility to anthrax toxin, C diff tracking

 

NEWS SCAN: Turtle-borne Salmonella , raw milk outbreak, hospital pathogens, guinea pigs as flu B models, Lyme map

Feb 2, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: EU rule on pandemic vaccines, shorter regimen for latent TB, skewed infection-control efforts, gastroenteritis outbreak

Dec 8, 2011

 

NEWS SCAN: Airborne agent detectors, assay for anthrax and plague, HAI declines, EU measles cases

Oct 19, 2011

 

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