Infectious Diseases


HHS, Homeland Security Release Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Guidance

August 28, 2008

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security have released Guidance on Allocating and Targeting Pandemic Influenza Vaccine. The purpose of the guidance is to provide a planning framework to help state, tribal, local, and community leaders ensure that vaccine allocation and use will reduce the impact of a pandemic on public health.

ISEA Seeks Comments by Sept. 22 on Revised First Aid Kit Standard

August 26, 2008

Hand sanitizers would be added to the recommended supplies list, and a new label would indicate each workplace's supplies should answer its particular needs.

Medline Campaign Focuses on Ridding Hospital-Acquired Conditions

August 23, 2008

The initiative includes a $1 million grant program aimed at the prevention of HACs targeted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Pennsylvania Steps Up Spraying to Combat West Nile

August 21, 2008

Higher-than-normal counts of mosquitoes carrying the virus prompt increased evening spraying in four southeastern counties.

Hospital Disinfectant Firm Forced to Implement Quality Assurance Program

August 10, 2008

In March 2007, EPA charged the firm with making false claims about the effectiveness of its products against microbial pests.

CDC Updates Guidance for Bloodborne Pathogens After Mass-Casualty Events

August 8, 2008

The recommendations pertain only to bombings and other mass-casualty events, the agency noted, and not to "routine" emergency responses.

FDA Approves Six 2008-2009 Flu Vaccines

August 7, 2008

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it changed all three strains for this year's influenza vaccine -- an unusual occurrence because usually only one or two strains are updated from year to year.

New Online Safety Social Network Seeks Traction

August 7, 2008

Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.

APIC Applauds CMS Payment Restrictions on Certain Infections

August 5, 2008

"We favor a balanced approach for payment that recognizes institutions that are making progress in reducing infections, rather than an all-or-nothing system based solely on non-payment for infections deemed preventable," said APIC CEO Kathy Warye.

Report: Dog Bites, Diarrhea Most Cited Post-China Travel Complaints

August 2, 2008

China has the second highest number of cases of human rabies in the world, according to the report. In 2006, 140,000 animal bites were reported in Beijing, and, throughout China, nearly 3,300 people died from rabies the same year.

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