#infectioncontrol — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/?p=112348 Roche expands cyclospora testing portfolio to support U.S. public health response #biotechnology #ClinicalTrials&MedicalDiscoveries #HealthCare&Hospitals #InfectionControl #MedicalPharmaceuticals #OTC #Pharmaceuticals #Roche #ROCHEDIAGNOSTICSCORPORATION #SmallCap
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How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_
#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_
#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_
#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_
#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_
#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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If You Have This Symptom, It Could Be The Latest Covid Variant
BSIP / Contributor / Getty Images The latest Covid-19 variant, known as XFG “Stratus,” is circulating across the United States—and experts say it’s behaving much like the strains we’ve seen in recent years. “The new variant, like ones before it, is slightly more contagious than prior strains,” says Linda Yancey, MD, a board-certified infectious disease physician at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Texas…….Continue reading…. By: Dr. Patricia Varacallo, DO Source: The […] -
If You Have This Symptom, It Could Be The Latest Covid Variant
BSIP / Contributor / Getty Images The latest Covid-19 variant, known as XFG “Stratus,” is circulating across the United States—and experts say it’s behaving much like the strains we’ve seen in recent years. “The new variant, like ones before it, is slightly more contagious than prior strains,” says Linda Yancey, MD, a board-certified infectious disease physician at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Texas…….Continue reading…. By: Dr. Patricia Varacallo, DO Source: The […] -
If You Have This Symptom, It Could Be The Latest Covid Variant
BSIP / Contributor / Getty Images The latest Covid-19 variant, known as XFG “Stratus,” is circulating across the United States—and experts say it’s behaving much like the strains we’ve seen in recent years. “The new variant, like ones before it, is slightly more contagious than prior strains,” says Linda Yancey, MD, a board-certified infectious disease physician at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Texas…….Continue reading…. By: Dr. Patricia Varacallo, DO Source: The […] -
If You Have This Symptom, It Could Be The Latest Covid Variant
BSIP / Contributor / Getty Images The latest Covid-19 variant, known as XFG “Stratus,” is circulating across the United States—and experts say it’s behaving much like the strains we’ve seen in recent years. “The new variant, like ones before it, is slightly more contagious than prior strains,” says Linda Yancey, MD, a board-certified infectious disease physician at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Texas…….Continue reading…. By: Dr. Patricia Varacallo, DO Source: The […] -
If You Have This Symptom, It Could Be The Latest Covid Variant
BSIP / Contributor / Getty Images The latest Covid-19 variant, known as XFG “Stratus,” is circulating across the United States—and experts say it’s behaving much like the strains we’ve seen in recent years. “The new variant, like ones before it, is slightly more contagious than prior strains,” says Linda Yancey, MD, a board-certified infectious disease physician at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Texas…….Continue reading…. By: Dr. Patricia Varacallo, DO Source: The […] -
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1117612/ Vivid Dx Raises $15M to Help Hospitals Confront One of Modern Medicine’s Most Urgent Threats: Drug-Resistant Infections #ArtificialIntelligence #ClinicalTrials&MedicalDiscoveries #Computer&Electronics #Health #HealthCare&Hospitals #Healthcare #InfectionControl #MedicalPharmaceuticals #UK #UnitedKingdom #VentureCapital #VividDx
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/?p=89701 GSK’s Shingrix (Recombinant Zoster Vaccine) prefilled syringe presentation approved in Canada #ClinicalTrials&MedicalDiscoveries #GlaxoSmithKlineInc #GSK #HealthCare&Hospitals #InfectionControl #InternationalMedicalApproval #MedicalPharmaceuticals #Pharmaceuticals
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/?p=107656 Roche receives FDA clearance for the cobas® BV/CV assay, enabling fast and highly accurate vaginitis diagnosis #FDAApproval #HealthCare&Hospitals #InfectionControl #MedicalEquipment #MedicalPharmaceuticals #OTC #Pharmaceuticals #Roche #SmallCap
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/591049/ New portable strip test accurately detects mosquito-borne viruses #Assay #Chikungunya #Diagnostic #DNA #Éire #Encephalitis #Enzyme #Fever #Gene #Health #hybridization #IE #Immunoassay #InfectionControl #Ireland #JapaneseEncephalitis #Laboratory #Mosquito #Nanoparticle #Nanoparticles #NucleicAcid #PublicHealth #Research #RNA #Transcription #virus #WestNileVirus #XRay #YellowFever #ZikaVirus
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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
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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
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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
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/797584/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/572543/ Memory B cells reveal how nasal vaccines could stop respiratory infections earlier #Antibodies #Antibody #Antigen #BCell #Cell #CellBiology #CellDevelopment #Chromatin #Éire #Health #IE #immunity #Immunization #Immunoglobulin #Immunology #InfectionControl #Interleukin #Ireland #labor #NextGeneration #Research #Respiratory #Vaccine
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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
https://www.europesays.com/europe/67591/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ie/531540/ Global antimicrobial resistance threats forecast to rise by 2050 #AntimicrobialResistance #Éire #Health #IE #InfectionControl #Ireland #MedicalScience
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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
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/274192/ CDC Foundation Activates Emergency Response Fund to Support Ebola Response in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda #CDCFoundation #CorporateSocialResponsibility #HealthCare&Hospitals #InfectionControl #PublicSafety #Uganda
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/520219/ UK manufacturer supplying Ebola response warns infection-control readiness cannot wait for crisis #Disinfection #Éire #Health #IE #InfectionControl #Ireland #virus
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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
https://newsletter.tf/tripcides-kill-mrsa-stop-infection-damage/
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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
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"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.https://tnyp.me/Q056LYh0/m -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/241327/ Doctor elaborates on ongoing, deadly Ebola outbreak in Africa #Africa #America #case #DeadlyEbolaOutbreak #doctor #DoctorEricaShenoy #DoctorThank #ebola #erica #GlobalHealthEmergency #HighCaseFatality #InfectionControl #location #MassGeneral #number #outbreak #part #patients #Treatment #type #vaccine
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/239884/ Nigeria Tightens Ebola Surveillance Amid Congo Outbreak #congo #DiseaseSurveillance #EbolaOutbreak #EmergencyResponse #InfectionControl #NCDC #Nigeria #PublicHealth #ViralIllness #WHO
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Uni of Bath advance new hantavirus vaccine following outbreak
Researchers at the University of Bath are developing a new hantavirus vaccine designed to remain stable without refrigeration,…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #InfectionControl #infectiousdiseases #Medicalscience
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/663988/ -
Uni of Bath advance new hantavirus vaccine following outbreak
Researchers at the University of Bath are developing a new hantavirus vaccine designed to remain stable without refrigeration,…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #AU #Australia #InfectionControl #infectiousdiseases #Medicalscience
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/663988/ -
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
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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
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/469926/ Photodynamic strategies enhance antibacterial performance of titanium orthopedic implants #Aging #Antibiotic #Bacterial #Cell #Éire #Healthcare #hospital #Hypoxia #IE #Implants #InfectionControl #Ireland #orthopedic #Oxygen #PhotodynamicTherapy #Research #Science #Technology #therapy
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🦠 Does a hospital’s location shape the microbes in its air?
🔗 Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0068
📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj
#Microbiome #HospitalInfections #AirQuality #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Microbiology #EnvironmentalHealth #PatientSafety #AntimicrobialResistance #Healthcare #MedTech
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🦠 Does a hospital’s location shape the microbes in its air?
🔗 Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0068
📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj
#Microbiome #HospitalInfections #AirQuality #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Microbiology #EnvironmentalHealth #PatientSafety #AntimicrobialResistance #Healthcare #MedTech
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🦠 Does a hospital’s location shape the microbes in its air?
🔗 Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0068
📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj
#Microbiome #HospitalInfections #AirQuality #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Microbiology #EnvironmentalHealth #PatientSafety #AntimicrobialResistance #Healthcare #MedTech
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🦠 Does a hospital’s location shape the microbes in its air?
🔗 Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0068
📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj
#Microbiome #HospitalInfections #AirQuality #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Microbiology #EnvironmentalHealth #PatientSafety #AntimicrobialResistance #Healthcare #MedTech
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🦠 Does a hospital’s location shape the microbes in its air?
🔗 Air Bacterial Microbiomes in Hospitals: Case Studies from a Metropolis and a Small City of Thailand. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0068
📚 CSBJ - A Science Partner Journal: https://spj.science.org/journal/csbj
#Microbiome #HospitalInfections #AirQuality #PublicHealth #InfectionControl #Microbiology #EnvironmentalHealth #PatientSafety #AntimicrobialResistance #Healthcare #MedTech
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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
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
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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
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
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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
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
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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
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
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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
https://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111%2826%2900080-6/fulltext
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/67033/ Centesis Drainage Catheters Market in Denmark | Report – IndexBox #BiocompatiblePolymerCoatings #CentesisDrainageCatheters #Danmark #Denmark #DiagnosticFluidSampling #EchogenicTipsForUltrasoundGuidance #forecast #InfectionControl(abscessDrainage) #MarketAnalysis #MedicalDeviceMarketReport #MultipleDistalSideHolePatterns #PalliativeCareForMalignancyRelatedEffusions #ReinforcedCatheterBodiesForKinkResistance #TherapeuticDrainageOfSymptomaticEffusions
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Centesis Drainage Catheters Market in Austria | Report – IndexBox https://www.byteseu.com/1958473/ #Austria #BiocompatiblePolymerCoatings #CentesisDrainageCatheters #DiagnosticFluidSampling #EchogenicTipsForUltrasoundGuidance #forecast #InfectionControl(abscessDrainage) #MarketAnalysis #MedicalDeviceMarketReport #MultipleDistalSideHolePatterns #PalliativeCareForMalignancyRelatedEffusions #ReinforcedCatheterBodiesForKinkResistance #TherapeuticDrainageOfSymptomaticEffusions
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Multipurpose Drainage Catheters Market in France | Report – IndexBox
Thi…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #antimicrobial #Biomaterialcoatings(e.g. #Diagnosticfluidsampling #Echogenictipenhancementforultrasoundguidance #forecast #hydrophilic) #Infectioncontrol #Kink-resistanttubingmaterials #Lockingmechanismdesigns(e.g. #marketanalysis #mechanical) #medicaldevicemarketreport #MultipurposeDrainageCatheters #Palliativecare #string #suture #Therapeuticfluidevacuation
https://www.europesays.com/france/8636/ -
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
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/625513/ -
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
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/625513/ -
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
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/625513/ -
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
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/625513/ -
CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions
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
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CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions
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
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CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions
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
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CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions
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
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CW: speculation about doctors & nurses not taking covid precautions
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
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/416533/ RSV vaccine rollout expanded to over-80s in England #Éire #Health #HealthPolicy #IE #InfectionControl #Ireland
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/381590/ Scrubs Were Never Meant to Be About You #acrylic #Éire #Health #HealthCare #Healthcare #IE #InfectionControl #Ireland #nurse #psychology #thinning
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CW: institutional abandonment, NHS, covid
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
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CW: institutional abandonment, NHS, covid
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