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The FDA issued an approval on May 31 for a generic formulation of foscarnet sodium injection, 24 mg/mL, 250 mL, and 500 mL single-dose containers, manufactured by Pharmaforce Inc. of Columbus, OH.
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Name-based reporting of HIV infection has been successful in New York City since it was begun in June 2000, but holes still remain in the surveillance system in which thousands of HIV-infected individuals are lost, according to recent research.
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The most recent HIV data show that about 1 million Americans are living with HIV, and the epidemic is becoming more firmly entrenched in the African American community, who now account for 47% of people estimated to be living with HIV.
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Health care epidemiologists are reporting an increase in bloodstream infections (BSIs) due to the use of needleless mechanical valve devices that connect to central venous catheters.
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Emerging as the bane of cruise ships and nursing homes, norovirus with its ability to cause severe gastroenteritis, persist in the environment, and spread via contaminated food or human contact would seem to be the perfect candidate for a nosocomial pathogen of the most troublesome variety.
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The chances that a surgical patient in a U.S. hospital will receive appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis with drugs both administered and discontinued in a timely fashion remains essentially a flip of the coin.
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A snapshot of the infection control profession at a critical time finds ICPs drawing a median salary in the $50,000 to $59,999 range while facing down everything from looming pandemic flu to consumer demands for infection control report cards.
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The pandemic influenza plan recently unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services specifies four major components of preparedness and response to pandemic influenza:
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The virulence of the 1918 pandemic strain was so extraordinary that there are accounts of people who felt well in the morning but were dead by nightfall.
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If avian H5N1 influenza emerges as a pandemic strain, no currently available vaccine will be completely protective. Therefore, the thrust of the nations pandemic influenza plan is aimed at rapidly producing vaccine and stockpiling effective antivirals.