These guidelines for biosafety laboratory competency outline the essential skills, knowledge, and abilities required for working with biologic agents at the three highest biosafety levels (BSLs) (levels 2, 3, and 4). The competencies are tiered to a worker's experience at three levels: entry level, midlevel (experienced), and senior level (supervisory or managerial positions). These guidelines ...

BACKGROUND Prescription opioid-related overdose deaths increased sharply during 1999-2010 in the United States in parallel with increased opioid prescribing. CDC assessed changes in national-level and county-level opioid prescribing during 2006-2015. METHODS CDC analyzed retail prescription data from QuintilesIMS to assess opioid prescribing in the United States from 2006 to 2015, including r...

a g i m ( f p s r e p INTRODUCTION In the United States, 80,000 catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) occur in intensive care units (ICUs) each year (1), and a total of 250,000 cases of CRBSIs have been estimated to occur annually if entire hospitals are assessed (2). In the ICU, these infections independently increase hospital costs and length of stay (3), but have not generally bee...

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 11 million gastrointestinal endoscopies are performed annually in the United States.1,2 The 2008 CDC/Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities states that contaminated endoscopes have been linked to more health care-assoc...

STUDY/PRINCIPLES Antibiotic prophylaxis of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) positive women during labour reduces the risk of early-onset neonatal sepsis. Penicillin is the first choice, and clindamycin and erythromycin are second choices for penicillin-allergic women. Resistance to these antibiotics is rising. The aims of this study were to evaluate the rates of clindamycin and erythromycin resistan...

The surveillance of Device associated infections in ICUs can reduce incidence of Nosocomial infections (NIs), healthcare cost & a better control of infections. Aims & Objectives: To know the occurrence of device associated infection rate in ICU and to know the bacterial profile of various devices associated infections. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted between October 2011 to May ...