Next Gen Diagnostics (NGD), a renowned name in the healthcare industry, has recently made a significant strategic move towards improving infection prevention in healthcare settings. The company announced the appointment of Karlyn Dauplaise as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of NGD Infection Prevention, a newly formed division of the firm dedicated to completely revolutionizing the…
Repeated infections after scheduled knee operations in a Tennessee-based facility have culminated into litigation, which prompts critical conversations about the methods and timelines with which medical institutions detect outbreaks. As genomic surveillance becomes a growing force in infection prevention, there are concerns about its potential to inflate legal risks. However, the nuanced reality is that…
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have made significant strides in the fight against nosocomial infections, helping to avert outbreaks, conserve lives, and curtail healthcare expenses. They have designed and trialed an innovative platform for infectious diseases diagnosis, dubbed the Enhanced Detection System for Healthcare-Associated Transmission (EDS-HAT). This system is founded on whole genome sequencing…
The field of infection prevention is set to take a major leap forward, thanks to a groundbreaking new system developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. Known as the Enhanced Detection System for Healthcare-Associated Transmission (EDS-HAT), this innovative technology utilizes the power of advanced genomic sequencing to analyze infections among hospital patients. The system…
An outbreak of multidrug-resistant Candida auris in a Burn Intensive Care Unit (BICU) in Illinois has brought the continuing challenges of infection regulation to light in high-aspect clinical environments. Despite intensive containment endeavours, Candida auris, a novel fungal pathogen with extensive drug resistance and environmental persistence, continued to propagate, illustrating a dire need for advanced…
The research scrutinizes nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant blaNDM-1-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae ST147 strain at a Dutch pediatric oncology center. Its source was traced to Ukrainian medical refugees, raising alarm on the rising risk as Europe experiences an increase in Ukrainian refugees. This points at the modulation of the epidemic landscape and emphasizes the vital role of…
In recent times, the United States has had an alarmingly high number of foodborne and hospital-acquired infections. In a bid to curb these, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health, Alexander Sundermann, advocates for the enhancement of the country’s genomic surveillance infrastructure. Using the PulseNet system as an example,…
OpGen, a precision medicine company specializing in molecular diagnostics and informatics to combat infectious diseases, has announced a major feature upgrade for its subsidiary Ares Genetics' AREScloud platform. The upgrade aims to enhance genomic surveillance in healthcare settings by utilizing prospective whole genome sequencing (WGS) of pathogen isolates to identify hospital-associated infections (HAIs) in real-time…