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Vital
Signs: Evaluation of Hepatitis C Virus Infection Testing and Reporting
— Eight U.S. Sites, 2005–2011 - Articles from the CDC's
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 10, 2013
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Major
Challenges in Providing an Effective and Timely Pandemic Vaccine for Influenza
A(H7N9) - Free, full-text, Online First article from the Journal of
the American Medical Association. - May 9, 2013
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Study
Suggests Only Half of Americans with Hepatitis C Receive Complete Testing
for the Virus - Press release from the CDC. Article from HealthDay. -
May 7, 2013
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Aethlon
Medical (AEMD) Note: An Update on the Clinical Status of the Aethlon Hemopurifier®
in Hepatitis-C Care - May 7, 2013
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New
Bird Flu Poses "Serious Threat", Scientists Say - Articles
from Reuters
and the BBC. -
May 1, 2013
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Abstracts from
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - May 2013
• Increased
Peritoneal Dialysis Exit Site Infections Using Topical Antiseptic Polyhexamethylene
Biguanide Compared to Mupirocin: Results of a Safety Interim Analysis
of an Open-Label Prospective Randomized Study
• Effectiveness
of Disinfectants Used in Hemodialysis against both Candida orthopsilosis
and C. parapsilosis Sensu Stricto Biofilms
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Superbugs
in LIvestock Becoming 'National Health Crisis' - Article from The
Hill. - April 30, 2013
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Multidrug-Resistant
Organisms in Dialysis Patients - Early View Abstract from Seminars
In Dialysis - April 29, 2013
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New
Guidelines Suggest HIV Screening for All Adults - Article from HealthDay.
Clinical guidelines
and editorial
from Annals of Internal Medicine. - April 29, 2013
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Germ-Zapping
'Robots': Hospitals Combat Superbugs - April 29, 2013
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Hospitals
See Surge of Superbug-Fighting Products - Article from AP. -
April 29, 2013
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Preliminary
Report: Epidemiology of the Avian Influenza A (H7N9) Outbreak in China
- Free, full-text Online First article from The New England Journal of
Medicine (NEJM). Related article on its spread
to Taiwan from the BBC. - April 24, 2013
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2-Page PDFs from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - April 2013
• Environmental
Surface Disinfection in Dialysis Facilities: Notes for Clinical Managers
• Checklist:
Dialysis Station Routine Disinfection
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WHO
Says New Bird Strain Is "One of Most Lethal" Flu Viruses
- Article from Reuters. - April 24, 2013
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Experimental
Drug for Hepatitis C Promising, Studies Show - Article from HealthDay.
- April 23, 2013
Free, Full-text, Online First articles from The New England Journal of
Medicine
• Sofosbuvir
for Hepatitis C Genotype 2 or 3 in Patients without Treatment Options
• Sofosbuvir
for Previously Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
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Persistent
Nasal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Carriage in Hemodialysis
Outpatients: a Predictor of Worse Outcome - Provisional abstract and
full-text article (19-page
pdf) from BMC Nephrology. - April 23, 2013
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Antimicrobial
Use and Stewardship Programs Among Dialysis Centers - Early View abstract
from Seminars in Dialysis. - April 22, 2013
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China
Says Investigating Human to Human Spread of Bird Flu - Articles from
Reuters and AP. -
April 18, 2013
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Identifying
and Classifying Bloodstream Infections Among Hemodialysis Patients
- Early View abstract from Seminars in Dialysis. - April 18, 2013
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“Nightmare”
Bacteria on the Rise in US Hospitals, Long-term Care Facilities -
Free, full-text article from the Journal of the American Medical Association. -
April 17, 2013
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WHO
Says No Poultry Contact in Some China Bird Flu Cases - Article from
Reuters. - April 17, 2013
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Gene
Swapping Makes New China Bird Flu a Moving Target; Total Cases Rise to
60 - Articles from Reuters and the BBC. -
April 15, 2013
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Compendium of strategies to prevent and treat staph and C difficile infections,
ventilator-associated pneumonia, bloodstream infections caused by central-line
catheters, and urinary tract and surgical site infections - from Infection
Control & Hospital Epidemiology - October 8, 2008 |
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Infection
Control Requirements for Dialysis Facilities and Clarification Regarding
Guidance on Parenteral Medication Vials - from MMWR/Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) - August
15, 2008 |
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2011 Guidelines
for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections - from
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Infection
Control Measures for Preventing and Controlling Influenza Transmission in
Long-Term Care Facilities - from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) - 2010 |
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Recommendations
for Using Antiviral Agents for Influenza - from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Guidelines
for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003 - from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- 2004 |
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Adult
Peritoneal Dialysis-related Peritonitis Treatment Recommendations: 2000
Update (pdf format) - from the International Society for Peritoneal
Dialysis (ISPD) - July 2000 (pdf
format requires
Adobe Acrobat reader) |
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Consensus
Guidelines for the Treatment of Peritonitis in Pediatric Patients Receiving
Peritoneal Dialysis - from the International Society
for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD) - 2000 |
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Guideline
for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities, 2003
- (pdf) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Guideline
for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings - 2002 - from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Guideline
for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents
in Healthcare Settings 2007 - from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) - June 2007 |
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Guideline
for Prevention of Intravascular Device-related Infections - from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- 2002 |
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Guidelines
for the Management of Intravascular Catheter Related Infections
- from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- August 2002 |
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Guidelines & Recommendations Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections
- from the CDC |
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Materials to Promote
Hand Hygiene in your Healthcare Facility - from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Data
and Statistics for Dialysis-associated Outcomes - from The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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Recommendations
for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
- April 2001; from the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
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Revised
Preventive Measures to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (CJD) and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) by Blood and
Blood Products
- guidance document from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food
and Drug Administration (FDA)
on "Mad Cow Disease" |
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Targeted
Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection -
June 2000 - from the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). |
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Guidelines
for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care
Settings, 2005 - from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) - December 2005 |
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Guideline
for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities - (pdf)
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- 2008 |
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U.S.
Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures
to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
(Click here for the pdf
format version) - from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) - 2001 |
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Updated
U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational
Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis -
from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- 2005 |
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Vaccine
recommendations for patients on chronic dialysis
- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the American Academy
of Pediatrics - abstract from Seminars in Dialysis - March 2000 |
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Vaccine
recommendations and/or guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) |
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Recommended
Adult Immunization Schedule: United States, 2013 - Recommendations of
the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - February 2013 |
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Influenza
Vaccination 2012-2013 Season - from the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) |
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Prevention
and Control of Influenza: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
Practices (ACIP), 2008 - July 17, 2008 |
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Prevention
and Control of Meningococcal Disease: Recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - May 2005 |
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* |
Recommended
Adult Immunization Schedule for the United States, 2012 -
February 2012 |
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Use
of Anthrax Vaccine in Response to Terrorism: Supplemental Recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
- November 15, 2002 |
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Influenza
Vaccination of Health-Care Personnel - Recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - February 2006 |
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Use
of Standing Orders Programs to Increase Adult Vaccination Rates - Recommendations
of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - March 2000 |
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