Dr. Syed Sattar

Dr. Sattar (Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa) is internationally recognized as one of the leading subject matter experts in infection prevention & control and an advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the World Health Organization (WHO).
Over the past 50 years of research, he has expanded our understanding of infection control in terms of both practical cleaning practices, as well as innovations towards the prevention of infections in hospitals and other public spaces. Currently Dr. Sattar is the Chief Scientific Officer for CREM Co, Inc. and an Advisory Board Member of TIPS.

Peer-Reviewed Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection

The Application of ATP Bioluminescence for Rapid Monitoring of Microbiological Contamination on Environmental Surfaces: A Critical Review

By Jason "The Germ Guy" Tetro, Dr. Syed Sattar · November 10, 2021

TIPS sponsored this critical review. Abstract Prevention of the transmission of infectious agents from high-touch environmental surfaces (HITES) indoors requires a combination of proper disinfection as well as monitoring to ensure microbiological safety.…

Perspective Emerging Diseases & Outbreaks

Basics of Infection Prevention and Control with Special Reference to Human Respiratory Coronaviruses

By Dr. Syed Sattar, Dr. Bahram Zargar · February 24, 2020

Background Coronaviruses often cause self-limiting respiratory infections similar to the ‘common cold’. However, infections by certain types of such viruses can lead to potentially fatal pneumonia. In less than the past two decades, three…

Perspective Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection

Human Pathogenic Coronaviruses: Understanding Their Environmental Survival For Better Infection Prevention And Control

By Dr. Syed Sattar · January 30, 2020

Coronaviruses (CoV) are significant pathogens of humans and animals. Though they were first identified as the cause of respiratory infections in humans in 1965, the advent of a new CoV in the etiology of…

Perspective Water, Air & the Built Environment

Environmental Mycobacteria: Emerging Pathogens Lurking Closer to Home!

By Dr. Syed Sattar · October 24, 2019

While mycobacteria are well-known causes of tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy, many other species, variously called ‘nontuberculous mycobacteria’, ‘atypical mycobacteria’ and ‘mycobacteria other than tuberculosis’, are emerging pathogens of global significance. In contrast to the…

Perspective Environmental Cleaning & Disinfection

A Preliminary Field-Relevant Test to Assess Decontamination of High-Touch Environmental Surfaces: Testing with Staphylococcus aureus

By Dr. Bahram Zargar, Dr. Saeideh Naderi, Dr. Syed Sattar · June 18, 2017

Download POSTER PDF: QCT-3 Poster CremCo Editor’s note: Editor’s note: The following work represents the preliminary work being performed by the authors. The study was sponsored by Process Cleaning Solutions (PCS) Abstract Background High-touch environmental surfaces (HITES)…