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World Toilet Day: The Royal Society For Public Health Asks ‘How Healthy Are Our Loos’?

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationGastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology

Poor hygiene is threatening public health and The Royal Society for Public Health believes that, on World Toilet Day - Monday November 17, the developed world has no reason to be complacent about its loo routines. Toilet germs are spreading fast, with almost 50% of adults in the UK failing to dry their hands after using a public toilet, and one in six adults admitting that they don’t wash their hands every time(1).

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Avoid Hospital Visits If You Have Had Diarrhea And Vomiting Symptoms During Last 48 Hours, Say Bristol Hospitals, England

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationGastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology

Hospitals across Bristol are reminding people to avoid visiting if they have had symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting in the previous 48 hours. Over the past few weeks, cases of Norovirus - the winter vomiting virus - have increased in the community. Norovirus is brought into hospitals from the local community and is easily spread by contact with people suffering diarrhoea and vomiting who may have contaminated the environment.

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Rotavirus Vaccine Dramatically Reduces Hospital Visits For Rotavirus Gastroenteritis

Nov 21st 2008Drug InformationGastroIntestinal / Gastroentorology

New results presented at the ICAAC/IDSA* congress in Washington show that the pentavalent oral rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq®â?  reduced hospitalisations and accident and emergency (A&E) department visits related to rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) by up to 100%â?ˇ, consequently also avoiding the related costs§.1 The nationwide observational study, conducted in the USA by Sanofi Pasteur MSD’s parent company Merck &Co. Inc.

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