Report issued on outbreak of serious eye infection linked with use of certain contact lens solution
...to determine the specific activities, contact lens hygiene practices, or products associated with this outbre...patients' homes. However, suboptimal contact lens hygiene practices appear unlikely as the major explanation for the outbreak," the researchers write. "Ongo...Prevalence of herpes simplex virus type 2 in US decreasing
...s not unexpected due to improvements in living and hygiene conditions. "The ability to monitor HSV-1 seroprevalence along with HSV-2 seroprevalence in NHANES is important for the development of HSV-2 prevention strategies, such as those related to vaccination. The changes in HSV-1 and HSV-2 seroprevalence ...Consumer hygiene fears keep food industry on its toes
...996 outbreak raised the profile of food safety and hygiene and brought home the importance of environmental h... and regulations, when it comes to evaluating food hygiene and safety risks. 'Most managers in the sample sense a general public awareness of food safety an...Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice joins the curriculum at NYU College of Dentistry
...ption program is available to any dental or dental hygiene program. To learn more, contact Ms. Ryley at 314-579-3383 or J.Ryley@Elsevier.com ....ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS
...eria, for example switches, keyboards and personal hygiene equipment. Where does back pain come from? Low Back Pain Experiment In the weightless conditions of space, astronauts often experience some form of lower back pain. This is extraordinary since, on Earth, back pain is associated with heavy spina...Common cold may be just a fingertip away due to environmental contamination
...y shows, is the need for good personal and surface hygiene even when an ill person is not present, because germs can survive on surfaces long after a person is gone," said co-author Joe Rubino, MA, Director of Global Surface Care, Research and Development, Support Sciences, Reckitt-Benckiser, Inc. Montvale, ...Use, as well as 'meth mouth,' on the rise
... many users lose interest in maintaining good oral hygiene habits, and will stop brushing and flossing their teeth. Eric Z. Shapira, MS, DDS, MAGD, MA and AGD spokesperson explains, "Meth users have no sense of time or the importance of helping themselves, especially with doing regular dental care; both a...Transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria linked to previous intensive care unit room occupants
...ifficult-to-clean design or poor placement of hand hygiene equipment, transmission may be more directly linked to a prior occupant who harbors a resistant organism rather than to a particular room," the authors write. Susan S. Huang, M.D., M.P.H., Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Bo...Safety experts ill-equipped to handle nanotechnology in workplace
...tion, Maynard stresses the need to supplement good hygiene practices in the workplace with nano-specific knowledge. Until more research data is available, Maynard proposes developing a "control banding" approach to nanotechnology workplace risk--a course of action that is between inaction and banning all nan...Lectures, Keynoters, Symposia highlight International Dental Research meeting
...s, and periodontal disease; and (4) effective oral hygiene and oral health solutions for ahealthier mouth. Hands-on Workshops (HOW) Wednesday, March 21 (HOW #1) "Technology Support for Teaching Clinical Decision-making", Room 299 (10:30 am-12 Noon) (HOW #2) "Research Diagnostic Criteria for T...Undergrad: Mothers in African study undereducated on diarrhea
...omic level, child nutrition, maternal hand-washing hygiene and latrine and water use. The goal, he said, was to "identify those determinants that could be modified by mothers to reduce morbidity associated with diarrhea." Mediratta then trained 13 health facilitators at a local clinic to administer the sur...Forsyth scientists wiping out tooth decay through school-based cavities prevention program
...Prophylaxis + fluoride varnish application Oral hygiene plus toothbrush and fluoride containing toothpaste Occlusal sealants A simplified and modified filling that requires no drilling Analysis of collected data showed that a reduction in new decay in primary teeth of 51% was achieved after a sin...The Clorox company's new personal care product lends a hand
...ealth and wellness efforts beyond surfaces to hand hygiene with the launch of Clorox Anywhere Hand Sanitizing...ngers. Cloroxs entry into the professional hand hygiene category exemplifies our commitment to a cleaner and healthier world, said Craig Stevenson, vice pre...Gel-based handrub improves hospital hygiene
... easy access to alcohol-based handrubs can improve hygiene in hospitals, a study published today in the Onlin...ccess journal Critical Care suggests. Good hand hygiene among health care workers can help minimise the spread of infections within hospitals. Alcohol-based...Drugs users are increasingly more cautious with needles
... HIV-infected drug users improved. Due to improved hygiene drug users acquired less HIV and less hepatitis C. Hepatitis Smit also examined coinfections. Due to the increased life expectancy relatively more HIV patients have died from other causes in recent years. Infections as a consequence of a reduced...Pioneering UK skin researchers achieve international quality standard
...rvices to the pharmaceutical, personal product and hygiene industries. Collaborative applied research is extremely valuable to us, as much of our research informs our commercial services for companies. It also works the other way, with commercial work helping to support and inform our research." The Skin R...News briefs from the journal Chest, June 2007
...recent study challenges an old theory known as the hygiene hypothesis, which suggests that older children pro...ers concluded that these results conflict with the hygiene hypothesis. This study appears in the June issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American...Poor sleep hygiene in children associated with behavioral problems
...ies (APSS) finds that a snoring child's poor sleep hygiene habits can have a negative influence on his or her...gative correlations between the CSHS overall sleep hygiene score and CPRS-R total externalizing behaviors. The CSHS total was also negatively correlated with ...SAGE to publish British Journal of Infection Control
...uch as extremely-drug resistant Tuberculosis, hand hygiene developments, and the MMR vaccine debate. The journal has a rapidly developing, multi-professional author and readership base, which includes infection prevention and control professionals, public health and health protection specialists, pharmac......ort-staffed nurses having less time to follow hand hygiene recommendations and proper isolation procedures or being unable to provide adequate care to the ventilated patient. The nurses training level had no effect on infection rates. The authors concluded that this study backs up findings from their ear...