As an infection preventionist in healthcare today, one of our biggest challenges is appropriately managing Clostridium Difficile – a colitis-causing bacteria that affects almost a half-million people ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a statistically significant association between the use of single-use sharps containers and lower Clostridium difficile infection rates in hospitals.

A local hospital is offering a safe way to throw out your medical sharps. Kalkaska Memorial Hospital is collecting medical sharps this Wednesday. If you have lancets, syringes or needles, you can ...

This story was updated on March 30. Scroll down for the update. In the wake of an incident last month, in which a library custodian was pricked with a hypodermic needle at the Ballard library, the ...

EXETER — An Exeter area community "sharps" collection will take place Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 a.m.-noon, at in the Perry Building lobby on the Exeter Hospital Campus. Local residents may drop off sharps ...