When patients complain of coughing, runny nose, sneezing and fever, doctors are often stumped because they have no fundamental tool to i...

Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin - a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug ...

By Megan Ray Nichols Infection control is one of the most important aspects of health care, and it’s often the most difficult to m...

A new article of interest: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multi-drug resistant pathogen, which is respons...

The FDA has issued a new guidance document of interest to those working in healthcare. It is titled “Guidance for Industry Hospital-Acquir...

Of the various ‘ancient diseases’, one of the longest lasting (and arguably notorious) is leprosy (leprosy was recognized in the ancient c...

By comparing the ancient forms of diseases from Ancient Egypt with their contemporary equivalents, researchers can attempt learn how pa...

Did Columbus bring the disease syphilis back with him from the New World, or was it in Europe all along? Katherine Wright, winner of th...

A new microfluidic device (for handling small volumes of fluids) has been developed by researchers to screen for hospital pathogens like...

Infection control is one of the most important aspects of healthcare and is based on the objectives of preventing transmission of infect...

Clostridium difficile and norovirus appear to be the main causes of concern for infection control professionals as we enter the winter...

The first stage of endoscope cleaning involves the use of detergents. Without adequate cleaning, the disinfection stage will not be com...

The cleaning of endoscopes is an important part of contamination control in hospitals and in avoiding the transmission of hospital acqu...

An article by Popovska et al has been published by the Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. The article presents the experience of labo...

The cleaning of critical medical devices, such as endoscopes, is of great importance both in terms of protecting the patient and for preve...

The addition of anti-microbial substances to bandages to help combat wound infection is becoming increasingly common. Bandages are incl...