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The most MRSA-contaminated surfaces in a hospital room: Infographic

Jul 18, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

Over-bed tables, bed rails, other flat surfaces, bed linens and patient gowns tend to be the surfaces in a hospital room that are most contaminated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to EOS Surfaces. Source: http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/the-most-mrsa-contaminated-surfaces-in-a-hospital-room-infographic.html

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Combat UV light disinfection misconceptions with just one step

Jul 17, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

The concept of using ultraviolet light to disinfect isn’t necessarily a new one, but it has gained more attention in recent years, thanks to the push for transparency around infection rates and the financial penalties attached to healthcare-acquired infections and readmissions. Confusion about the technology seems come hand-in-hand with its higher national profile, however. Experts…

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Your mobile phone may be ‘patient zero’ for hospital infections

Jul 16, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

Infection preventionists, hospital staff and clinicians search high and low for weak spots in hospital-setting disinfection and cleanliness, but may need to focus more on what’s in their own pockets, according to new research. In a paper published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, Australian researchers sought to investigate the potential role mobile…

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MRSA, C. Difficile Superbugs: Wet Wipes Spreading Deadly Bacteria In Hospitals: Study

Jun 19, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

Efforts to use wet wipes to clean hospital surfaces appear to be backfiring, a study found. Not only do the wipes fail to kill bacteria consistently, they can then spread the pathogens to new surfaces when the wipe is reused, thus transferring deadly superbugs such as MRSA and C. difficile to new environments. Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/mrsa-c-difficile-superbugs-wet-wipes-spreading-deadly-bacteria-hospitals-study-1958709#.VYHnXmo10tk.email

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MRSA: Causes, Symptoms, Prevention and Treatments

Jun 17, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

MRSA, full name methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, is a form of bacterial infection that is resistant to numerous antibiotics including methicillin, amoxicillin, penicillin and oxacillin, thus causing difficulty in treatment of the infection.1 Often referred to as a superbug, MRSA infection may commence as a minor skin sore, pimple or boil, become serious, potentially dangerous and…

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What is clostridium difficile (c. difficile)?

Jun 15, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

Clostridium difficile, also known as C. difficile, or C. diff, is a bacterium which infects and can make humans ill, as well as other animals. Symptoms can range from diarrhea to serious and potentially fatal inflammation of the colon. Elderly hospital patients, as well as those in long-term care facilities are most commonly affected by…

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Emails reveal: FDA was warned years ago about superbugs in medical scopes

May 31, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

State and federal health officials privately urged the Food and Drug Administration nearly six years ago to alert hospitals about contamination risks from specialized medical scopes that have been tied to a recent series of deadly superbug outbreaks. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/05/21/fda-missed-warnings-on-medical-scope-superbug-risks/27653529/

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Deadly bacteria outbreak inflames disinfection concerns

May 30, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

The outbreaks in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago and other cities infected scores of paCatients with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, mostly a strain called CRE that has nightmarish mortality rates of 40% or more. And in each case, the hospital relied on an automated endoscope reprocessor, or AER, to disinfect the scopes between uses, an ongoing USA TODAY…

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C. diff infections linked to medical clinics

May 29, 2015/ Comments 0 / in News / by

Perhaps even more disturbing is the study’s revelation that up to 150,000 people who had not previously been in the hospital came down with C. diff in 2011. Of those, about 80% had visited a doctor’s or dentist’s office in the 12 weeks before their diagnosis. CDC officials say the revelation is so concerning that…

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