Biological Air Quality Considerations for Non-Healthcare, As Built Environments
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Affiliation: GBAC, Global Biorisk Advisory Council
Disclosures: This paper was funded by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council
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The importance of good...
The Application of ATP Bioluminescence for Rapid Monitoring of Microbiological Contamination on Environmental Surfaces:...
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Disclosures: Both authors are Advisory Board members of The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS). TIPS sponsored this critical review.
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Prevention of...
Antimicrobial Evaluation of Electrostatic Spray-Tested Disinfectant
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Electrostatic sprayers, when combined with the proper chemistry and conditions, work by
positively charging disinfectant droplets so that when they are sprayed, they seek out...
InfectionControl.tips Board Members Lead Discussions in Environmental Infection Prevention as ISSA Returns in Person
The Covid-19 pandemic has forever changed the cleaning industry. For those committed to public health and excellence in the cleaning industry, the ISSA North...
A Forced Air-Ozone Treatment for Decontaminating Re-usable Isolation Gowns Inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus and...
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Background: Isolation gowns are a potential route by which infectious agents can be disseminated between patients and thereby...
Clostridioides difficile Infection – Understatement of General Environmental Risk and Overstatement of Healthcare Environment...
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Disclosures: All authors are employees of Diversey Inc
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Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) causes a significant amount of morbidity and...
Respiratory Viruses, How They are Transmitted, and the Potential Role of Surfaces
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Disclosures: All authors are employees of Diversey Inc
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While respiratory viruses are a global health concern, significant gaps exist...
TIPS Sudden Science Initiative #1019816 – SARS-CoV-2 Surface Detection
We are seeking up to ten (10) facilities within the USA and Canada
to trial LuminUltra’s SARS-CoV-2 rapid surface test to proactively reveal the presence...
Mental Health in a Pandemic
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Mental health is not simply the absence of a diagnosed mental disorder but is a measure of overall health that includes the ability to...
Antibiotic Stewardship: The Role Medical Laboratories Play
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I often refer to antimicrobial resistance as the slow-burning pandemic that continues to spread like a smoldering wildfire – picture a large expanding, ignored...
