Epidemiology is a critical aspect of infection prevention efforts, especially in the face of such prolific organisms as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recently took time out of his busy schedule to talk to Infection Control Today about 2019’s progress and 2020’s challenges.
Motorized molecules can drill into the pathogens and kill them within minutes. Not only that, but in some cases the drills make the antibiotics effective again.
Investigators seeking to determine whether silver-coated screens on resident physicians’ cell phones could reduce microbial contamination have published their inconclusive findings
