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  1. QIAGEN Expands QIAstat-Dx Bloodstream Infection Testing Menu in Europe

    New CE-IVDR-certified QIAstat-Dx BCID GN Plus AMR Panel detects 13 gram-negative bacterial pathogen targets and 18 antimicrobial resistance…
    #Europe #EU #AMRPanel #antimicrobialresistance #antimicrobialstewardship #bacterialpathogen #bloodstreaminfection #gram-negativebacteria #InfectionControl #positivebloodcultures #QIAGEN #resistancemechanisms
    europesays.com/europe/94539/

  2. Robot-guided surgery successfully drains multiple deep brain abscesses

    Brain abscesses located deep within the brain can rapidly become life-threatening and are often difficult to treat through…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Brain #Edema #Education #fever #Hospital #Imaging #InfectionControl #Neurosurgery #oncology #research #Surgery #therapy #trauma
    newsbeep.com/au/797584/

  3. Robot-guided surgery successfully drains multiple deep brain abscesses

    Brain abscesses located deep within the brain can rapidly become life-threatening and are often difficult to treat through…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #Brain #Edema #Education #fever #Hospital #Imaging #InfectionControl #Neurosurgery #oncology #research #Surgery #therapy #trauma
    newsbeep.com/au/797584/

  4. Seegene Launches CE-Marked MDRO Assay for AMR Detection in Europe

    Seegene, a molecular diagnostics company, announced the European launch of its new antimicrobial resistance testing product, …
    #Europe #EU #antimicrobialresistance #CEMark #ClinicalMicrobiology #diagnosticassays #EuropeanUnion #healthcare-associatedinfections #hospital-acquiredinfections #InfectionControl #IVDR #laboratorytesting #moleculardiagnostics #multidrug-resistantorganisms #Seegene
    europesays.com/europe/67591/

  5. SK bioscience Joins Forces with Global Institutions to Advance Rotavirus Vaccine Development

    SK bioscience licenses vaccine technology from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SK bioscience is jointly…
    #EuropeSays #Korea #KR #SK #Biotechnology #HealthCare&Hospitals #InfectionControl #Licensing #MedicalPharmaceuticals #Pharmaceuticals #SKBioscience #SKGroup
    europesays.com/korea/47179/

  6. HAND HYGIENE: The Biophysiology of Epidermal Protection 🧼
    Your skin is a volatile vector field. Transient flora won't wash away with a quick splash. Master the strict WHO 5 Moments and 6-step anatomical friction sweep.
    👉 Read now: care.bexyhub.in
    #Bexyhub #CareBexyhub #HandHygiene #InfectionControl #ICUFrontline

  7. TriPcides: A Dual-Action Response to Resistant Staph

    New TriPcide molecules kill MRSA superbugs and stop them from damaging tissue. This offers hope for fighting antibiotic resistance. Affects patients with staph infections.

    #TriPcides, #MRSA, #AntibioticResistance, #Superbugs, #InfectionControl

    newsletter.tf/tripcides-kill-m

  8. Scientists have created new TriPcide molecules that are effective against MRSA. This is important because MRSA is hard to treat with current medicines.

    #TriPcides, #MRSA, #AntibioticResistance, #Superbugs, #InfectionControl
    newsletter.tf/tripcides-kill-m

  9. "A Surprising Ally in Biofilm Formation"

    - 🍕 Macrophages release itaconate aiding P. aeruginosa in biofilm formation.
    - 🧹 Itaconate reduces LPS, curbing inflammation.
    - 🧪 Pathogens exploit itaconate, turning challenge into fuel.

    #Immunometabolites #Biofilms #InfectionControl https://dev.tnyp.me/Q056LYh0/m

  10. Photodynamic strategies enhance antibacterial performance of titanium orthopedic implants

    1. Background The increasing global aging population has led to a steady rise in the demand for titanium…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #Aging #antibiotic #AU #Australia #Bacterial #Cell #Healthcare #Hospital #Hypoxia #Implants #InfectionControl #Orthopedic #oxygen #PhotodynamicTherapy #research #Technology #therapy
    newsbeep.com/au/651657/

  11. Hospitals are dangerous places. Air purification would mitigate the risk. Too bad most infection control professionals have voted for job security over patient safety, as I recently experienced up close and personally.

    This is by no means the first paper to make these points.

    > Despite good air quality (mean CO2 614 ppm), 39% of air samples had SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

    > Hot spots for risk in the emergency ward include the acute care and waiting area.

    > In critical care, hot spots include the tearoom and corridors near infected rooms.

    > The risk of nosocomial outbreaks may be mitigated through air purifiers and masks.

    Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control

    resmedjournal.com/article/S095

    #CovidIsAirborne #sars2 #covid19 #infectioncontrol

  12. Hospitals are dangerous places. Air purification would mitigate the risk. Too bad most infection control professionals have voted for job security over patient safety, as I recently experienced up close and personally.

    This is by no means the first paper to make these points.

    > Despite good air quality (mean CO2 614 ppm), 39% of air samples had SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

    > Hot spots for risk in the emergency ward include the acute care and waiting area.

    > In critical care, hot spots include the tearoom and corridors near infected rooms.

    > The risk of nosocomial outbreaks may be mitigated through air purifiers and masks.

    Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control

    resmedjournal.com/article/S095

    #CovidIsAirborne #sars2 #covid19 #infectioncontrol

  13. New East African bat coronavirus can enter human cells

    Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have identified a new bat coronavirus in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #covid-19 #InfectionControl #Medicalscience
    newsbeep.com/au/625513/

  14. New East African bat coronavirus can enter human cells

    Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have identified a new bat coronavirus in…
    #NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #covid-19 #InfectionControl #Medicalscience
    newsbeep.com/au/625513/

  15. CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions

    @leslore @EricCarroll

    I think it's many factors interlocking, such as:

    • Not wanting to go against the flow socially, or against the hierarchy, when so many colleagues have taken official advice at face value, such that disregarding infection control in this area is "normal".

    • Lack of support from the system, and/or an expectation that infection control is organised from above, so that most individual staff aren't thinking in terms of "should we be getting air filters on the ward / in the room" etc.

    • Lack of supplies, and/or people further up the hierarchy who will rebuke them for using the more expensive masks when the rule is none or baggy blues.

    • Lack of correct info, because the info available to us geeks who read the research is not necessarily the same as the info reaching people who are working long busy days in healthcare!

    • Trauma from death, stress and moral injury in 2020, and masking being a reminder of that time, so it's emotionally easier to act as if things are back to 2019-normal.

    • An assumption that they themselves will be okay: perhaps selected for because you're more likely to think of doctoring/ nursing as an attractive job if you're a bit blasé about catching things.

    • A sort of "sunk ethical cost" which would have to be acknowledged in relation to patients they infected and thereby harmed over the last few years, about which they're currently in denial. And this one of course also applies to management making funding decisions.

    That's just based on stories I've heard and my own intuitions about human nature. Would be interesting to see some actual qualitative research on which of these factors or which others are most at play.

    #medicine #InfectionControl #covid #CovidIsntOver #doctors #nurses #NHS

  16. CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions

    @leslore @EricCarroll

    I think it's many factors interlocking, such as:

    • Not wanting to go against the flow socially, or against the hierarchy, when so many colleagues have taken official advice at face value, such that disregarding infection control in this area is "normal".

    • Lack of support from the system, and/or an expectation that infection control is organised from above, so that most individual staff aren't thinking in terms of "should we be getting air filters on the ward / in the room" etc.

    • Lack of supplies, and/or people further up the hierarchy who will rebuke them for using the more expensive masks when the rule is none or baggy blues.

    • Lack of correct info, because the info available to us geeks who read the research is not necessarily the same as the info reaching people who are working long busy days in healthcare!

    • Trauma from death, stress and moral injury in 2020, and masking being a reminder of that time, so it's emotionally easier to act as if things are back to 2019-normal.

    • An assumption that they themselves will be okay: perhaps selected for because you're more likely to think of doctoring/ nursing as an attractive job if you're a bit blasé about catching things.

    • A sort of "sunk ethical cost" which would have to be acknowledged in relation to patients they infected and thereby harmed over the last few years, about which they're currently in denial. And this one of course also applies to management making funding decisions.

    That's just based on stories I've heard and my own intuitions about human nature. Would be interesting to see some actual qualitative research on which of these factors or which others are most at play.

    #medicine #InfectionControl #covid #CovidIsntOver #doctors #nurses #NHS

  17. CW: institutional abandonment, NHS, covid

    @zeblarson

    Great piece of writing - thanks for sharing.

    This part in particular...

    "The failure of trusted institutions to do what we expect them to — keep people safe, protect them, hold bad actors accountable — deepens trauma and its costs to individuals and collectives by eviscerating social trust. The trauma stems not only from interpersonal violence but also from the awareness that a collective body purporting to be just and protective is the opposite, instead more likely to punish the vulnerable than to help them."

    Now I'm thinking of the abdication of infection control around covid, currently being perpetrated by the NHS and most dentists.

    I thought, are we being actively _punished_ rather than abandoned though? And then I thought of things I've heard (heard firsthand but not experienced firsthand) about how wearing a fitted respi mask in hospital marks you as a troublemaker, whereas using a non-fitted baggy blue signals compliance and leads to kinder treatment.

    #NHS #systems #InfectionControl #covid #stigma #CovidIsntOver

  18. CW: institutional abandonment, NHS, covid

    @zeblarson

    Great piece of writing - thanks for sharing.

    This part in particular...

    "The failure of trusted institutions to do what we expect them to — keep people safe, protect them, hold bad actors accountable — deepens trauma and its costs to individuals and collectives by eviscerating social trust. The trauma stems not only from interpersonal violence but also from the awareness that a collective body purporting to be just and protective is the opposite, instead more likely to punish the vulnerable than to help them."

    Now I'm thinking of the abdication of infection control around covid, currently being perpetrated by the NHS and most dentists.

    I thought, are we being actively _punished_ rather than abandoned though? And then I thought of things I've heard (heard firsthand but not experienced firsthand) about how wearing a fitted respi mask in hospital marks you as a troublemaker, whereas using a non-fitted baggy blue signals compliance and leads to kinder treatment.

    #NHS #systems #InfectionControl #covid #stigma #CovidIsntOver

  19. @DoomsdaysCW
    As if the war wasn’t enough, to then be running out of treatment options for wounded soldiers… the situation seems hopeless… but every analysis identifies one or more solutions & this is a textbook write-up of how to find hope & better responses. 🙂
    So glad I read it; only concern is what is the situation in Ruzzia (have read elsewhere about rises in all sorts of infectious diseases like HIV etc in Ruzzia & in a world so interconnected can we afford a rogue country so close to many others? Rhetorical question - but facts could be helpful - before they start distributing the measles-infected blankets).

    #PublicHealth #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #InfectionControl #AntibioticsResistance #WarMedicine #Treatment

  20. @DoomsdaysCW
    As if the war wasn’t enough, to then be running out of treatment options for wounded soldiers… the situation seems hopeless… but every analysis identifies one or more solutions & this is a textbook write-up of how to find hope & better responses. 🙂
    So glad I read it; only concern is what is the situation in Ruzzia (have read elsewhere about rises in all sorts of infectious diseases like HIV etc in Ruzzia & in a world so interconnected can we afford a rogue country so close to many others? Rhetorical question - but facts could be helpful - before they start distributing the measles-infected blankets).

    #PublicHealth #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #InfectionControl #AntibioticsResistance #WarMedicine #Treatment

  21. @DoomsdaysCW
    As if the war wasn’t enough, to then be running out of treatment options for wounded soldiers… the situation seems hopeless… but every analysis identifies one or more solutions & this is a textbook write-up of how to find hope & better responses. 🙂
    So glad I read it; only concern is what is the situation in Ruzzia (have read elsewhere about rises in all sorts of infectious diseases like HIV etc in Ruzzia & in a world so interconnected can we afford a rogue country so close to many others? Rhetorical question - but facts could be helpful - before they start distributing the measles-infected blankets).

    #PublicHealth #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #InfectionControl #AntibioticsResistance #WarMedicine #Treatment

  22. @DoomsdaysCW
    As if the war wasn’t enough, to then be running out of treatment options for wounded soldiers… the situation seems hopeless… but every analysis identifies one or more solutions & this is a textbook write-up of how to find hope & better responses. 🙂
    So glad I read it; only concern is what is the situation in Ruzzia (have read elsewhere about rises in all sorts of infectious diseases like HIV etc in Ruzzia & in a world so interconnected can we afford a rogue country so close to many others? Rhetorical question - but facts could be helpful - before they start distributing the measles-infected blankets).

    #PublicHealth #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #InfectionControl #AntibioticsResistance #WarMedicine #Treatment

  23. @DoomsdaysCW
    As if the war wasn’t enough, to then be running out of treatment options for wounded soldiers… the situation seems hopeless… but every analysis identifies one or more solutions & this is a textbook write-up of how to find hope & better responses. 🙂
    So glad I read it; only concern is what is the situation in Ruzzia (have read elsewhere about rises in all sorts of infectious diseases like HIV etc in Ruzzia & in a world so interconnected can we afford a rogue country so close to many others? Rhetorical question - but facts could be helpful - before they start distributing the measles-infected blankets).

    #PublicHealth #ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #InfectionControl #AntibioticsResistance #WarMedicine #Treatment

  24. The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  25. The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  26. The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  27. The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  28. The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  29. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, or PID, can lead to infertility btw, if that's something important to you.
    Sexually Transmitted Infections, or STIs, can malinger, so please test regularly for them (or whenever you remember) when you can.

    Older term: STDs for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
    A disease is a collection of symptoms (maybe? Pls feel free to correct or add nuance) whereas an infection is a situation where harmful microorganisms reach a noticeable population inside a living creature.

    The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  30. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, or PID, can lead to infertility btw, if that's something important to you.
    Sexually Transmitted Infections, or STIs, can malinger, so please test regularly for them (or whenever you remember) when you can.

    Older term: STDs for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
    A disease is a collection of symptoms (maybe? Pls feel free to correct or add nuance) whereas an infection is a situation where harmful microorganisms reach a noticeable population inside a living creature.

    The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation

  31. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, or PID, can lead to infertility btw, if that's something important to you.
    Sexually Transmitted Infections, or STIs, can malinger, so please test regularly for them (or whenever you remember) when you can.

    Older term: STDs for Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
    A disease is a collection of symptoms (maybe? Pls feel free to correct or add nuance) whereas an infection is a situation where harmful microorganisms reach a noticeable population inside a living creature.

    The vagina is acidic to prevent harmful bacteria overgrowth or (any?) yeast or fungal growth.
    The uterus isn't as acidic afaik, so it's more vulnerable to infections from any microorganisms that get that far.
    Microorganisms are bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and probably more because the tree of life is a fucking forest.

    #VeRamble #SexualHealth #GenitalHealth #GenitoUrinaryMedicine #NonClinician #NotLicensed #Health #HealthCare #WellBeing #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Hygiene #Risk #HarmMitigation