Articles related to "Hospital Infection"

The most challenging problem with MRSA is its resistance to antibiotics. A 2004 study shows promise that essential oils may twart the MRSA's ability to mutate and resist.

Since the discovery of penicillin, bacteria have shown increasing resistance to treatment. Now, the future of the few options remaining are in question.

The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii was often ignored by doctors but now is considered a potentially lethal pathogen in hospitals, due to antibiotic resistant strains.

Health care facilities are waging war against hospital MRSA with effective hand sanitizers, a focus on hand hygiene, good infection control procedures and deep cleaning.

A natural milk protein, lactoferrin, is anti-bacterial and, in a mouse model, protects against common pathogens and may decrease hospital-acquired infections.

Hospital labor and delivery wards can be crawling with germs and drug-resistant viruses. Learn how to prevent the spread of germs and viruses to a new baby and mother.

Handwashing is an important hygienic practice for interdiction of flu and other infectious diseases in all aspects of daily life. What evidence supports good handwashing?

Whether you are a patient or a health care worker, nosocomial infections are a type of illness that you should be concerned about. Read on and help protect yourself.

Experts recommend avoiding products with triclosan and other antibacterials in the home, as they may cause resistance in bacteria.

The number of death certificates issued in England and Wales in 2006 mentioning Clostridium difficile (C. diff) increased to 6,480.

Emergency communications and disaster planning should include a sound crisis communications plan complete with effective crisis, media training and evaluation.

Infections in neonatal intensive care units prompt studies to determine the relationship between the length of fingernails and potential pathogens carried on them.

MRSA acquired by persons who have not been recently hospitalized or had a medical procedure are known as community-acquired (CA-MRSA).

Medical researchers aren't sure whether the H1N1 "swine" flu is transmitted by air or by direct contact. But how it spreads has implications for protecting oneself.

Is the importance of handwashing even debatable? If handwashing is so good, then why is it ignored, by so many, so often? See why handwashing is an imperative for all.

Tea tree oil and other essential oils may be effective against antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, including staph.

Sometimes the only symptom of a Urinary Tract Infection in the elderly is acute confusion. Learn about UTI symptoms, risk factors, and preventive measures for seniors.