http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in no corresponding increase in H1N1 cases among the total patient population at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, according to a new study by researchers and physicians at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the SCCA. http://www.physorg.com/news180202694.html Medicine & Health Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:49:02 EST news180202694 A wireless digital 'plaster' that can monitor vital signs continuously and remotely is being tried out with patients and healthy volunteers at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in a new clinical trial run by Imperial College London researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news176396422.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:03 EST news176396422 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have for the first time identified the genetic mechanisms involved in the formation and survival of L-form bacteria. Their findings are described in a study published October 6 in the journal PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news174651011.html Biology Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:11:09 EST news174651011 Patients continue to enter home healthcare ''sicker and quicker," often with complex health problems that may require extensive nursing care. This increases the risk of needlestick injuries in home healthcare nurses. While very few studies have focused on the risks of home healthcare, it is the fastest growing healthcare sector in the U.S. In a recent study, led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the rate of needlestick-type injuries was 7.6 per 100 nurses. http://www.physorg.com/news174140058.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:20:03 EST news174140058 A new article in the journal Risk Analysis assessed various ways in which aerosol transmission of the flu, a central mode of diffusion which involves breathing droplets in the air, can be reduced. Results show that face protection is a key infection control measure for influenza and can thus affect how people should try to protect themselves from the swine flu. http://www.physorg.com/news162056414.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 May 2009 16:41:12 EST news162056414 Infection prevention and control resources and programming in Canadian long-term care facilities fall short of recommended standards, a new Queen's University study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news154288064.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:48:04 EST news154288064 Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have completed a study to better understand the impact of infection control measures during a possible flu pandemic. Their study focused on the likelihood of the transmission of flu from individuals showing no symptoms (asymptomatic) or from individuals who are infected but have not yet exhibited symptoms. The researchers call on the scientific community to better understand the transmission of influenza in order to provide guidelines for effective pandemic flu planning. Their findings are published in the March-April 2009 edition of Public Health Reports. http://www.physorg.com/news154192370.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:13:27 EST news154192370 Although infection control has been substantially ramped up in Canadian hospitals since the SARS crisis of 2003, the number of resistant bacterial infections post-SARS have multiplied even faster, a new Queen's University study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news145280285.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:38:05 EST news145280285 Three Virginia Commonwealth University epidemiologists are downplaying the value of mandatory universal nasal screening of patients for MRSA, arguing that proven, hospital-wide infection control practices can prevent more of the potentially fatal infections. http://www.physorg.com/news143975734.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:15:34 EST news143975734 Online courses are helping staff to develop the skills they need to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as MRSA and C.difficile, and this expertise could also prove vital in a pandemic, according to a study published in the latest issue of the UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing. http://www.physorg.com/news134914165.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:09:25 EST news134914165