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Snapshot: Advanced Wound Management A flood of innovation in the treatment of chronic wounds has boosted competition in a traditionally fragmented market. With sky-high diabetes and obesity rates, and growing numbers...
Smarter than the Superbug Superbugs are growing in strength and numbers, and continuing to fight off antibacterial drugs. Sarah Blackman finds out what technologies are being used in hospitals to banish the bugs once...
Battling MRSA - Superdrug for the Superbug MRSA outsmarts pharmaceutical researchers and practitioners all at once. The 'superbug' seems to always be one step ahead, growing resistance against every new antibiotic on the market....
Access All Areas: Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infections We must control the spread of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms. To this end, staff at the Loyola University Hospital in Chicago are...
Critical Beat: Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest A recent statement warned that patients in hospitals were at increased risk of developing torsades de pointes (TdP). It is a rare but potentially deadly heart rhythm. Barbara Drew tells Elly...
A Growing Market: Wound Care Management Bhaskar Vittal looks at the latest key trends and innovations in the expanding area of wound care...
Effects of the Floods: Pakistan Responds The ongoing flood crisis in Pakistan continues to disrupt the everyday lives of 17 million people. Liam Stoker investigates efforts to ease the catastrophe and discovers what can be expected in...
The Big Screen: Concerns over MRSA Testing MRSA screening for elective patients has been compulsory in England since April 2009. It will be extended to emergency patients by 2011. While health officials continue to shout about the...
An Unwanted Admission: Healthcare-Associated Infections Healthcare-associated infection is a major global problem being tackled by the World Health Organisation. Claire Kilpatrick explains how part of the "First Global Patient Safety Challenge:...
Australia Takes Infection Control in Hand Libby Harkness looks at how a little persistence has helped Australia fight off infections in its...
