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APIC meeting to focus on communication, teamwork
The annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, which is focused on ...
Mass. infectious disease specialist on preventing infections from cuts and scrapes
As the summer season is approaching, NewsCenter 5 spoke to Dr. Kristen Moffitt, an infectious disease specialist at Boston Children's Hospital, asking her about important steps parents can take to ...
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AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update:
Since the 2006 update of the American Heart Association (AHA)/American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) guidelines on secondary prevention, 1 important evidence from clinical trials has emerged ...
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Boost Your Team’s Enhanced Barrier Precautions IQ
Recent updates to federal guidance make this an ideal time for long term care facilities to reassess and strengthen their EBP ...
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Incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site infection: an up-to-date meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands mDepartment of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, Netherlands ...
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Home health agencies’ infection control policies weakened following pandemic, study finds
Many home health agencies’ infection prevention and control procedures lapsed following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. Between 2019 and 2023, the ...
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Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Healthcare Workers in Acute Care and Long-term Care Settings
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has developed this document to provide infection prevention and control guidance to healthcare workers (HCWs) in the management of patients Footnote c with ...
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USA Health Institute presents at National HPV Conference
The University of South Alabama’s Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine presented a poster at the 2025 National HPV Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with members from the USA Health ...
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Sii Postgraduate Research Poster Day 2025
The School of Infection & Immunity held our annual Postgraduate Research (PGR) Poster Day on Friday, 2 May 2025. A crucial element of PhD training, these sessions provide opportunities to share ...
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COVID-19 surge in Asia: Causes, symptoms and prevention tips for the JN.1 variant
A new COVID-19 variant, JN.1, is driving a fresh wave of infections across Asia, raising concerns among health experts and governments. As a subvariant of Omicron, JN.1 is known for spreading ...
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Aggressive prostate cancer: Causes, symptoms, risk factors and prevention tips
The recent announcement that former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer highlights one of the most common but often silent cancers in men. While early-stage ...