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Outpatient care centers have historically attracted little attention from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, although needle market data show they have lagged in sharps safety and been a recurrent source of hepatitis outbreaks among patients.
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OK, maybe duct tape really can fix everything. A simple red roll of this prime tool in the kit of every weekend repairman led to some rather startling results for innovative infection preventionists.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the single largest payer for health care in the United States is creating a hospital inspection program focused specifically on infection control, Hospital Infection Control & Prevention has learned.
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UTIs have been termed the Rodney Dangerfield of infections, out of a skewed perception that they are easy to treat and have relatively little clinical consequence.
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The number of individuals with active tuberculosis in the United States reached an all-time low of 11,181 cases in 2010.
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In May of this year, German public health authorities reported a significant increase in the number of patients with diarrhea caused by a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), as well as of cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).
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The numbers of households with pets are increasing in many countries across the world. In addition, data obtained from media sources note a trend in the percentage of these pets sleeping in, or on, the owner's bed.
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of immediate vs. deferred ART in 253 patients with HIV-associated TB meningitis was conducted to determine whether immediate ART reduced the risk of death.
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A previously healthy 51-year-old man with no history of travel outside of Montana presented to a local emergency department in May 2009 with fever, frontal headache, dizziness, numbness, and tingling.
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Raltegravir (RAL) received FDA approval in 2007 and is now used in treatment of both treatment-experienced and treatment-naïve patients.