SPOKANE, Wash. — Vitalant Blood Donation Center is one of many blood banks that encourages people to donate blood to help reduce the blood shortage in the Inland Northwest area. The American Red Cross Association has declared a national blood shortage because blood pallets are at critically low levels.
Community’s Generosity Saves Lives and Raises Sickle Cell Awareness SEATTLE, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The KD Hall Foundation, in partnership with the American Red Cross, is proud of the outstanding success of the Sickle Cell Awareness Blood Drive held on September 7th at the 2100 Building, 24th Ave S., Seattle. This event not only effectively […]
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Hospitals have always been at the forefront of infection prevention. Now, a study from Michigan Medicine suggests that some of the most common hospital infections are not spreading the way we thought. Hospital infections Every year, nearly half a million Americans become infected with Clostridioides difficile, more commonly known as C. diff. Hospitals use many […]
In this Hot Topics in IPC, Saskia v. Popescu, PhD, MPH, MA, CIC, FAPIC, discusses COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, Legionella infections from transplants, and hospital leadership. New COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations and an Updated Booster! Good news – as we’re about to start heading into the winter months and concerns regarding a winter surge are increasing, […]
Credit: KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan has provided surprising findings indicating that hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, infections may come from characteristics associated with the patients themselves and not via hospital transmission. The findings, reported today in Nature Medicine, could help support additional steps […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Hospital staff spend a significant amount of time working to protect patients from acquiring infections while they are being cared for in the hospital. They employ various methods from hand hygiene to isolation rooms to rigorous environmental sanitation. Despite these efforts, hospital-onset infections still occur—the most common of which is caused […]
Here are 16 gastroenterology updates Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 25: 1. The Digestive Health Physicians Association issued a statement of support for the proposed Protecting Patient Access to Cancer Care and Complex Therapies act, introduced by three Republican senators and representatives. 2. U.S. Digestive Health partnered with Wilmington-based GI Specialists of Delaware. 3. […]
The New York Blood Center declared a Blood Emergency late last week, after a summer of low donor turnout and even lower turnout since Labor Day, highlighting the importance of local blood drives scheduled for the upcoming days. “Our overall inventory of red cells and platelets has dropped significantly post Labor Day holiday and there […]
