This year’s winter season is shaping up to become a Tridemic Cases of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 are rising. Many hospitals are rapidly filling with patients infected with these respiratory pathogens and are quickly becoming overwhelmed. To...
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Relieving Burnout While Working in a Lab with CURIS System Devices Emerging viral pathogens and COVID-19 have often shifted our focus away from those who are working in a lab behind the scenes to keep us safe. Laboratory science personnel play a piv...
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Understanding Monkeypox Decontamination A new and emerging viral threat has started to infiltrate countries around the globe. Monkeypox is a virus originating in the West and Central regions of Africa and is known for causing pox-like lesions on a p...
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Non-Critical Medical Items can Harbor Infectious Microbes In recent years, a heavy emphasis has been placed on mitigating nosocomial infections following a consistent spike in cases. Addressing infection control concerns is an important way to find ...
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A recent outbreak of the formidable avian influenza (bird flu) has quickly spread across Europe and the United States, infecting birds both in the wild and those housed in commercial poultry farms. Avian influenza is highly pathogenic to birds yet re...
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While we often hear of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on hospitals, another integral part of the medical infrastructure is frequently overlooked—ambulances and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel. These frontline workers are the bo...
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Long before the COVID pandemic, the world was at war with germs and viruses. Just within the last 15 years, people have faced deadly threats from swine flu in 2009, Ebola in 2014-2016, Hepatitis A in 2018, in addition to the yearly influenza season w...
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Over the past year, our headlines have been dominated by COVID-19 and its effects on a global scale. But what if I told you that there is an even deadlier looming threat in healthcare facilities? Fungi can be found almost anywhere, whether ...
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The CDC Now Says to Wash Surfaces with Soap and Water—Why? According to the CDC, “There have been increases in poisonings and injuries from unsafe use of cleaners and disinfectants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.” O...
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Are your COVID-19 disinfection efforts backfiring? By Megan Hislop, CURIS Research Biologist | as published in Orlando Medical News, February 2021Your current COVID-19 disinfecting practices may be making things worse, even if you think you’re...
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(other than whether it kills COVID) While the focus remains on keeping our homes and businesses COVID-free, there are other important considerations when using chemical disinfectants. Many disinfectants include harsh and dangerous chemicals such as ...
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