Monthly Archives: September 2023

September 20, 2023

Hydrogen Peroxide Fogging Shown to Significantly Reduce C. difficile Infections

Posted: September 20, 2023

Categories: Clinical, Industry Insights, Case & Study Reviews

Hydrogen peroxide vapors utilized in patient hospital rooms may be a significant way to control this deadly disease.

The 2019 edition of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Antibiotic Resistance Threats Report estimated that Clostridioides difficile is responsible...

Leprosy - Old Disease Makes a Comeback in Florida

Posted: September 13, 2023

Categories: Zoonotic Diseases, Public Health Alerts

In some cases in Florida, patients with leprosy report contact with armadillos, but others to not. These are the only animals known to harbor the disease and have been known to spit when people get too close...

Will the New EG.5 Variant Cause a Pandemic Rerun?

Posted: September 08, 2023

Categories: Clinical, Industry Insights, Public Health Alerts, Health & Wellness

Tags: variant, pandemic, covid-19, covid

May 11th of 2023 marked the end of both the public health emergency and the national state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, health professionals are concerned with the rise of the EG.5 variant, an up-and-coming SARS-CoV-2 strain that is potentially more transmissible than any of the current circulating strains in the United States. (1) EG.5 is a descendant of the Omicron lineage XBB.1.9.5...