Challenge Works today announces that Sysmex Astrego’s PA-100 AST System has won the £8m (₹85 crores) Longitude Prize on AMR. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) killed nearly 1.3 million people globally in 2019 and is on course to cause 10 million deaths a year by 2050. The winning test will be transformational for infection diagnosis and treatment, providing …
New Delhi: About 7.5 lakh deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could be prevented every year in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) by improving measures that prevent infections, according to an analysis, part of a four-paper series published in The Lancet journal. These measures included hand hygiene, regular cleaning and sterilisation of equipment in healthcare facilities, …
Toilet flushes are known to produce aerosols, which could carry pathogenic viruses to various surfaces in the restroom. A new study in the American Journal of Infection Control examines the impact of closing the toilet lid before flushing on the odds of cross-contamination of other surfaces. Study: Impacts of lid closure during toilet flushing and …