Blog Archive for the ‘Pathogens In The News’ Category
The Dirt on Germs
Are you washing your hands accurately? Watch this video with your loved ones and learn about the importance of being germ free and staying healthy.
The Dirt on Germs
This is part of a series of fun, educational videos about the importance of hand hygiene. It was created for use in elementary and high schools. This video is targeted to children in Grades 3 to 6.
Germs on run from sure-handed cops
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Germs on run from sure-handed cops
Gun? Check. Nightstick? Check. Hand sanitizer? Huh?
New York’s Finest have been given a new weapon to combat criminal scum — “mobile hand sanitizers.” The NYPD has begun distributing “personal protective” liquid-sanitizer dispensers that clip to the belts of beat cops and school-safety officers, according to a Jan. 22 department order obtained by The Post. “A police precinct is like a petri dish, with all the cops coming from the street with every bacteria,” said a cop in lower Manhattan.
When Is It Time to Call In Sick and Stay Home from Work ?
Perhaps the best thing when you are feeling sick is to call into work, or keep your kids home from school when they are feeling under the weather. Here are some great guidelines for you to read when you are trying to decide if you should suck it up and go to work or stay in bed.
When Is It Time to Call In Sick and Stay Home from Work ?
How do you know when your symptoms suggest its time for you or your children to stay home from work or school? Even if you know its imperative you show up, even if you feel like you could drag yourself there despite feeling as lousy as you do, you still need to be mindful that you could be contagious and might pass on whatever ails you to coworkers or classmates.
Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School
“Stop the spread of germs.” Throughout your day, germs are probably the last thing on your mind. However, germs should be the first during this time of year. Remember to keep you and your family germ free this year with any of our Clyns Brand Products. Read more on how to protect your kids this school/flu season.
Stopping Germs at Home, Work and School
The main way that illnesses like colds and flu are spread is from person to person in respiratory droplets of coughs and sneezes. This is called “droplet spread.”
This can happen when droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air and are deposited on the mouth or nose of people nearby. Sometimes germs also can be spread when a person touches respiratory droplets from another person on a surface like a desk and then touches his or her own eyes, mouth or nose before washing their hands. We know that some viruses and bacteria can live 2 hours or longer on surfaces like cafeteria tables, doorknobs, and desks.
New Approach May Help Fight Tuberculosis
There are new tuberculosis treatments being developed and tested for a more convenient recovery. Watch this video to see how these doctors are making a change to better our future health
New Approach May Help Fight Tuberculosis
It’s a deadly disease that is hitting epidemic proportions.The World Health Organization says at least eight million new active cases of tuberculosis surface each year. One-third of the world’s population is infected with TB and every second, another person is newly infected. The current TB vaccine is not effective in fighting TB in the lungs, but now, a VUMC research team has developed a new “very promising” approach to defeat the disease. Barb Cramer has the story.
The Air That You Breathe
Our T-5000 P95 respirators are a great tool when coming into contact with tuberculosis patients. However, respirators may not be the only defense you have of not becoming ill when you deal with an infected person. Read more on what other precautions you can take.
The Air That You Breathe
What you need to know about OSHA’s Respiratory Protection Standard
Just as I leaned in close to better hear my soft-spoken patient’s answer to my question, he coughed, forcefully. A mist of sputum launched from his mouth and coated the side of my face and neck. His complaint was sudden onset of fever, weakness, chills, congestion and productive cough. Whatever he had, I could now feel it, smell it or taste it.
Personal safety is always the EMS provider’s first priority. This article reviews the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard for respiratory protection. It also explores occupational exposure to tuberculosis.
The Threat of TB
“TB kills someone approximately every 20 seconds — nearly 5,000 people every day, or 1.8 million in 2008 alone, according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO).” These are powerful numbers to wrap your mind around. Don’t think you can’t come into contact with such a disease! And be ready, if you ever do! Read more statistics at:
The Threat of TB
TB kills someone approximately every 20 seconds — nearly 5,000 people every day, or 1.8 million in 2008 alone, according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). TB is second only to HIV as the leading infectious killer of adults worldwide. It accounts for more deaths among women than all other causes of maternal mortality combined and is the leading infectious cause of death among people with HIV/AIDS.
Understanding Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is an infection that is easily spread from person to person. Don’t be caught unprotected because you may never know when you’re exposed, until it may be too late.
Understanding Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that usually attacks the lungs, but can attack almost any part of the body. Tuberculosis is spread from person to person through the air. When a person with TB in their lungs or throat coughs, laughs, sneezes, sings, or even talks, the germs that cause TB may spread through the air. If another person breathes in these germs there is a chance that they will become infected with tuberculosis.
Acinetobacter Baumannii Infections
Learn the facts about A. baumannii. It is crucial that you know about this disease, because in life and death situations, the facts are what could save your own life or someone else’s.
Acinetobacter Baumannii Infections
Multidrug Resistant Bacteria in Iraq and Hospitals
Antibiotics have saved many lives. However, their widespread use has promoted the survival and spread of a growing variety of antibiotic resistant bacteria, resulting in nosocomial infection nightmares like MRSA, VRE, and ESBL. Of growing concern is a multidrug resistant bacteria known as Acinetobacter baumannii (MDRAB), which causes infections like pneumonia and bacteremia in persons who are ill, wounded, or immunocompromised. Although MDRAB existed in Europe before the onset of the Iraq War, its numbers have been on the rise since a military outbreak in 2003.
Deadly mystery disease follows troops home
“Schuring, barely conscious and lying on a gurney, heard the doctor tell him that the infection could spread: “This can kill you.”” Acinetobacter baumannii, is the cause of many outbreaks overseas in our military hospitals. Read more on how one brave soldier came in contact with a battle for his life.
Deadly mystery disease follows troops home
“You have an organism of relatively low virulence that became more important because you’ve run out of drugs to treat it with,” Tenover said.The question that Petersen struggled with was how this bug had found its way into modern military hospitals.Doctors could beat back an infection with the strongest antibiotics, and hospitals could try to scrub away the bacteria. But those weren’t solutions.
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