President of the Diversey Care Division of Sealed Air Dr Ilham Kadri has recently shared her view on the challenges of preventing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) on the European Cleaning Journal website.
28 September, 2016New research from the University of Southampton shows that copper can destroy MRSA spread onto surfaces by touch.
2 March, 2016When it comes to reducing the spread of preventable healthcare-associated infections (pHAIs) in hospital rooms, two advocates of intervention programs are calling for collaboration
17 September, 2015The fight against superbugs has advanced with today’s launch of a new research centre aimed at stopping antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their tracks.
7 September, 2015The ABC has reported (17 June 2015) ‘health officials are warning about a “particularly concerning” antibiotic-resistant superbug they believe has been responsible for two deaths in Victoria in the last three years.
21 June, 2015Courtesy www.thecleanzine.com On any given day, approximately one in 25 US patients has at least one infection contracted during the course of their hospital care, adding up to about 722,000 infections in 2011, according to new data from the (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This information is an update to previous CDC estimates […]
1 April, 2014A Sydney Morning Herald story by Julie-anne Davies (28 December 2013), headed ‘Superbug showdown: the time is nigh to get serious about antibiotics’, highlighted the growing danger of growing resistance to antibiotics. The 2,000 word feature covered the danger to patients of acquiring hospital acquired infections (HAIs) after being admitted to both local and overseas […]
30 December, 2013Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) arising in US acute care hospitals cost America as much as US$147 billion annually, according to a report recently published in the Journal of Medical Economics online edition. The report, by MedERA and funded by an unrestricted educational grant from UMF Corporation, estimates for the first time the societal cost of […]
9 October, 2013Radio National 13 July 2013, an interview with Fran Kelly Austin Hospitals’ director of infectious diseases Lindsay Grayson confirmed that ‘old world’ infection control initiatives employed in recent years are highly effective. Grayson pointed out that there are no Australian and no international hospital cleaning standards. He stated that hand hygiene regimes, notably the use […]
14 July, 2013Public health officials have concerns for a ‘nightmare bacteria’ that have become increasingly resistant to even the strongest antibiotics infected patients in 3.9 percent of all U.S. hospitals in the first half of 2012, including 17.8 percent of specialty hospitals, reported a www.reuters.com 5th March article. “Our strongest antibiotics don’t work and patients are left […]
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