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The UN World Health Organization (WHO), on Tuesday, highlighted the risks of separating newborns from mothers, with new research showing that up to 125,000 lives could be saved by keeping them together and ensuring skin-to-skin contact.

Every year, U.S. laundry providers reprocess over 4 billion pounds of healthcare textiles (HCTs), including surgical scrubs, uniforms, bed sheets, blankets, patient gowns, towels, and washcloths.1 When laundered according to guidelines provided by

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this year, under the joint UN-led COVAX initiative for fair access to coronavirus-beating jabs, it’s been confirmed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the workplace dangers faced by key workers who need far greater protection to do their jobs safely, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday.

Eleven mainly European countries have now reported salmonella food poisoning, linked to popular “Kinder” chocolate products produced in Belgium, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Healthcare associated infections are responsible for a significant economic burden globally, costing NHS England, approximately £2.1 billion for the year 2016/17.1 The rapid spread of multidrug resistant organisms (MDRO) continues to put pressure on

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were an estimated 223,900 hospitalized patients and 12,800 deaths with an attributable 1 billion dollars in healthcare costs. CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network System