Global trial to investigate fractional COVID-19 boosters
23 February, 2022Up to 3300 healthy adults across Australia, Indonesia and Mongolia will be invited to take part in a global trial investigating the impact of administering reduced COVID-19 booster shots.
Scoping study for mRNA vaccine nasal spray begins
10 February, 2022Macquarie University respiratory scientist Professor Daniela Traini and Professor Pall Thordarson, Director of the UNSW RNA Institute, have started work on a scoping study to deliver mRNA vaccines via nasal spray.
Hospital Products Australia AGEMA Biosafety 2.0
01 February, 2022The AGEMA Biosafety 2.0 provides instant additional biocontainment wards or rooms for highly infectious diseases.
ACT Health uses GS1 standards to support innovative solutions in the fight against Covid-19
01 February, 2022For more than 13 years, ACT Health has been on the forefront of implementing and using GS1 standards, integrating standards into many of its business and clinical processes.
Staff scarcity hits hard. How are safety compliance solutions relieving the pressure?
01 February, 2022From the early hours of 2022, healthcare teams braced themselves for a new wave of challenges.
Combating resistance
31 January, 2022 by Amy SarcevicFor almost two years, the gaze of the public, healthcare system and media has been fixated on a very blatant public health threat; all the while a silent pandemic, antimicrobial resistance, has quietly continued gripping the world.
Meet Aether: The air purifying light fitting that eliminates 99.995% of airborne viruses
28 January, 2022In the battle against the rampaging pandemic, Australian company Pierlite shows how air purifying lighting solutions can keep more healthcare environments safe.
Emerging stronger
25 January, 2022From delivering over 500K vaccinations to disability and aged-care residents to achieving over five million completions for its online COVID-19 training platform for the Department of Health, global healthcare provider Aspen Medical has played a key role in Australia's pandemic response.
Polytherapy-based approach to fight multidrug resistance
25 January, 2022Researchers have discovered that the use of nanoparticles, in combination with other antibiotics, could help prevent antibiotic resistance and reduce antibiotic intake.
Bacterial AMR played a role in 4.95 million deaths in 2019
24 January, 2022Antimicrobial-resistant infections played a role in 4.95 million deaths in 2019, according to analysis of 204 countries and territories.
Two antiviral COVID-19 treatments approved
21 January, 2022The government has welcomed the Therapeutic Goods Administration's (TGA) provisional approval of the first oral treatments for COVID-19, Lagevrio (molnupiravir) and Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir + ritonavir).
'Fitbit for the face' turns masks into monitoring devices
14 January, 2022Northwestern University engineers have developed FaceBit, a smart sensor platform that features a tiny magnet and can attach to any N95, cloth or surgical face mask.
Hospital workers need rapid tests to fight Omicron peak — SHPA
12 January, 2022The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) has reiterated the urgent need for rapid antigen tests (RATs) to be made available to hospital pharmacists and their colleagues, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Whiteley McLaws Hand Hygiene Compliance Calculator
01 January, 2022The McLaws Hand Hygiene Compliance Calculator has been developed by renowned epidemiologist Professor Mary-Louise McLaws to improve hand hygiene compliance in hospitals.
Infection control: new copper surface kills bacteria 100 times faster
15 December, 2021A new copper surface, said to kill the bacteria over 100 times faster than standard copper, could help combat antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
