As antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to spread, calls for new therapeutics are getting louder. In response, the World Health Organization (WHO) has drawn up a list of the twelve most important bacteria for which new drugs urgently must be developed.
Every year more than 30 million patients worldwide suffer from healthcare-associated sepsis. To prevent avoidable infections and improve patients’ safety, every year on the 5th of May, the World Health Organization calls upon healthcare facilities to sign up for its campaign SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands. This campaign encourages healthcare professionals to take concrete actions and use hand hygiene best practices. Three useful facts.
Staff shortages and poor organisation put a strain on nursing teams in the operating theatres of German clinics. However, many hospitals are already optimising their organisational processes and eliminating hygiene deficiencies.
The number of infections caused by multi-resistant pathogens in hospitals is rising. That’s why researchers are intensely looking for new antibiotics that are effective against the resistant germs. 15-year-old-student Simon Meehan joined the search, and found an antibiotic agent in blackberry plants.
