Infection prevention has always been a cornerstone of healthcare, but recent years have brought a sharper focus to the link between safety, security, and infection control within care environments. While hand hygiene protocols and PPE often dominate the conversation, another layer is increasingly recognized as essential: the way people, patients, and materials move through a […] The post Rethinking access control in healthcare: Infection prevention meets security appeared first on Hospital News.
A longstanding issue with funding for scientific research in Canada has been selecting large scientific projects. Telescopes and particle accelerators come to mind. They are expensive and require long-term funding. Unfortunately, health and social data have largely been left out of the picture for big science research funding in Canada. The common phrase “data is the new […] The post Health and social data are essential infrastructure – and big science appeared first on Hospital News.
Two discoveries by U of A researchers open the door to new treatments that could protect heart cells while slowing down cancer cells Sometimes the unintended consequences of a treatment can seem worse than the disease. That’s certainly the case for patients who develop chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity — a severe side-effect that can lead to heart […] The post Some cancer patients get heart damage during chemotherapy and some don’t: Here’s why appeared first on Hospital News.
