1. A draft of the document was reviewed by experts on hospital infection control. 2. An essential part of infection control is the isolation, safe transport and disposal of sharps and clinical wastes -- these should always be treated as potentially contaminated. 3. And three CDC scientists left Atlanta Wednesday night for Zaire to help health officials there deal with infection control. 4. Betsy Hackman, director of infection control for Crawford Long and Emory University hospitals demonstrates proper glove use at Crawford Long Hospital. 5. Better infection control, improved sanitation and research into new therapies, such as vaccines, are among the approaches being pursued. 6. All were trained in infection control. 7. But about a third of the cases could be prevented through stricter infection control and antibiotic use. 8. Eleven were interviewed a year later, and none recalled any breaches in infection control. 9. Improved treatment and infection control have led to a dramatic decline in cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City, Frieden said Wednesday. 10. Indeed, the American Society for Microbiology last year initiated a campaign to promote hand washing for infection control. |