Infection control | Australian Doctor Group

No, pets won't make cancer patients as sick as a dog

1st October 2019

Pet ownership and animal therapies bring more benefit than harm to patients with malignancies, an Australian study suggests…

30th September 2019

Washing machines — especially cool-water ones — are facilitating the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria in hospitals,…

20th September 2019

Doctors who use hand sanitiser between patients are more likely to spread flu than those who take the time to wash their…

5th September 2019

Remember books? More specifically, library books? Like archaic print-versions of that Netflix subscription one mysterious…

27th June 2019

Female GPs may want to take note of the ingredients in their hand sanitiser, with a study suggesting that exposure to a…

6th June 2019

Flu vaccine stocks in pharmacies are all but gone, as the government urgently orders a further 825,000 doses for the private…

4th June 2019

Antibiotics given prophylactically for 24 hours or less are as effective as those given for 72 hours for preventing…