Antibiotic resistance: technical tricks against pathogens
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Topic of the Month August 2019
Antibiotic resistance: technical tricks against pathogens
An untreatable infection is a nightmare for physicians and potentially life-threatening to the patient. Unfortunately, more and more pathogens emerge that are resistant to drugs, especially antibiotics. We need to use our drugs smartly and come up with technical solutions as well to prevent our weapons from blunting in the future. Read our Topic of the Month to learn more about current and coming means to prevent and fight resistances.
Photonics: "We want a rapid and easy method to identify pathogens and antibiotic resistance"
The medical devices value chain has gaps between academic research and industrial practice that slow down innovation processes. This also applies to time-sensitive and urgently needed products such as rapid diagnostic tests to identify resistant pathogens. At the InfectoGnostics Research Campus in Jena, partners from research and medicine team up to close these gaps.
Disinfection methods of hospital drinking water - Fully automatic legionella prevention
Besides hand hygiene, drinking water hygiene is also on the to-do list of every hospital. A lot of money is invested to clean water pipes and to destroy legionella germs. An alternative solution for mechanical and thermal control is water disinfection using an automatic machine. Dr. Bernhard Heising, infection specialist and hospital hygienist at Düren Hospital, Germany, describes in an interview why the hospital uses this solution and what advantages it offers.