Study finds Bathing Patients in Chlorhexidine Reduced MRSA Contamination
LOS ANGELES – (May 15, 2015) – Holding hope for a relatively inexpensive way to improve care and prevent the spread of deadly hospital-acquired infections, a new study presented today reports that bathing patients in a common hospital soap, called chlorhexidine, was equally effective in preventing the transmission of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as the common practice of having healthcare workers avoid physical contact with the patients.
Rise in Infection Rates is Topic for IDAC Presentation May 2 in Costa Mesa
LOS ANGELES – (April 20, 2015) – At the Infectious Disease Association of California (IDAC) symposium in Costa Mesa on May 2, James McKinnell, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) infectious disease specialist, is scheduled to discuss how physicians can protect their patients against Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of bacteria that are difficult to treat because they have high levels of resistance to antibiotics.
And Historic Donation to Kick off Capital Campaign. Research Institute to Celebrate its Biggest Donation Ever.
LOS ANGELES – (May 6, 2015) – Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) celebrated the launch of its campus transformation with a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday and announced its largest-ever donation — $3 million from Board Member Joan Hood Jones. The donation kicks off the Capital Campaign to replace some of the institute’s aging buildings with state-of-the-art facilities.
Investigator(s): Joan Hood Jones
Board Member Joan Jones Pledges $3 million to Launch Institute’s Capital Campaign
LOS ANGELES – (May 6, 2015) – Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) announced today that it is receiving its biggest donation ever – a $3 million contribution to launch its Capital Campaign – from one of its newest board members, Joan Hood Jones, the former mayor of Manhattan Beach and a former city councilmember.