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Stomach Flu? It Could Be Norovirus
12/9/2019
By Kristen Green
Clinical Scientist
You were up all night vomiting, and still feel nauseous, your stomach hurts, and you can’t leave the vicinity of your bathroom because of the diarrhea. You figure you have the “stomach flu,” but what if I told you there is no such thing as the “stomach flu?"
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The Infection Prevention Playbook
12/3/2019
By Morgan Paris
Market Development Manager
There may be no “I” in team, but there are several in Infection Prevention. And while every facility staff member, athlete, coach, and athletic trainer on campus may be doing their part to reduce the spread of germs, just one misstep can lead to an outbreak.
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How Workplace and Classroom Findings Help Improve Food Safety Practices
11/8/2019
By Chip Manuel, Ph.D.
Food Safety Science Advisor
Your co-workers are always in close proximity, everyone uses the same accommodations – restrooms, breakrooms, open spaces – and you share snacks, etc., and you always seem to notice someone a little under the weather. You could say this vague description sounds like a restaurant. Maybe even an office. Or a classroom.
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10 Reasons You Should Consider Upping Your Infection Prevention Game
10/31/2019
By Morgan Paris
Market Development Manager
The risk of injury during practice or games is obvious given the nature of sports, but infections aren’t always seen as being equally dangerous to an athlete’s season. Athletes can miss days or weeks with illnesses like the flu or mono, and more serious infections like MRSA have even ended careers.
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What You Need to Know About Candida auris in the Healthcare Setting
10/10/2019
By Rachel Leslie
Clinical Science Manager
Recent media reports have called attention to Candida auris, a fungus which was first discovered in a woman’s ear canal in a Japanese hospital in 20091 and has since spread across the globe, landing in the United States four years ago as a new cause of healthcare-associated infections.2 According to the CDC, C. auris is an emerging pathogen that presents a serious global health threat due to frequent resistance to antifungal drugs, causing severe illness in patients, patients remaining carriers of the organism, and its’ ability to survive on environmental surfaces for an extended period of time.3
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