At the eighth conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM8) held in New York City, May 7-11, 2003, one symposium addressed envenomations, land and sea.
Rapid antigen testing may serve as an early warning system in influenza surveillance.
Detection of central venous catheter thrombosis by ultrasound may provide an early warning system for the presence of catheter-related infection.
PDAs may soon become indispensable to ID physicians.
Ring wearing by health care workers increases the frequency of hand contamination with nosocomial pathogens and decreases the efficacy of all types of hand hygiene studied, included alcohol-based hand rub.
