News Chronic wounds: infection management in an outpatient setting
Antimicrobial dressings are key in the highly complex treatment of patients with infected, chronic wounds. Following a treatment pathway that...
Antimicrobial dressings are key in the highly complex treatment of patients with infected, chronic wounds. Following a treatment pathway that...
Hand hygiene can save lives. What is second nature for medical staff today could one day also become a habit...
An international team of researchers pre-published evidence which shows for the first time that two alcohol-based hand disinfectants recommended by...
The bacterium Clostridioides difficile, the pathogen that most often causes antibiotic-associated diarrhoea, has genetically specialised in hospital survival. According to...
Every day, patients all over the world suffer avoidable harm or risk being harmed while receiving healthcare. Providing safe care...
Sepsis is one of the most common, least-recognised illnesses in both the developed and developing world. Globally, 20 to 30...
Hygienists, microbiologists, institutions and companies have been researching and developing measures to combat postoperative wound infections (surgical site infections, SSI)...
You might say the norovirus is the ninja of the virus world: stealthy and highly efficient. Ten virus particles are...
As antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to spread, calls for new therapeutics are getting louder. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Every year more than 30 million patients worldwide suffer from healthcare-associated sepsis. To prevent avoidable infections and improve patients’ safety,...
