Environmental Monitoring for SARS-CoV-2: The Missing Link in Disease Containment?
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the deadliest in modern history, quickly spreading to every corner of the globe and causing major health and...
What do We Mean When We Talk about “Cleaning” and “Disinfecting”?
Abstract:
When educating the public, we often use words like clean, disinfect, and processed interchangeably. What is often overlooked is that to infection control practitioners, the differences are...
Electrostatic Technology for Surface Disinfection in Healthcare Facilities
Abstract:
Studies have shown that less than 50% of environmental surfaces in patient care rooms are properly cleaned and disinfected. Evidence strongly suggests that cross...
Use of Novel Approaches to Reduce Clostridium Difficile in an Inner City Hospital
Abstract
Background:
Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, Gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that can lead to antibiotic-associated diarrhea and sepsis.1 Since C. difficile is shed in feces, any...
What’s in a Name? Canada’s new “Biocide” Regulation coming in 2024!
As 2023 has ended and we reflect on the past year, we also look at the new year for what will happen around the...
Hypochlorous Acid: Harnessing an Innate Response
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Human pathogens are becoming resistant to antibiotics developed over the past century, and common infections once routinely managed by conventional antibiotics can now become...
Alternative Technologies in Infection Control: Safe, Effective, & Affordable
Disclosures: Allen Beuershausen is the Co-founder of Sanitis and Harry Jarbath is the Founder of Sanitis. Sanitis is a global sales and marketing company distributing...
Reduction of Hospital Environmental Contamination Using Automatic UV Room Disinfection
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Conflicts of Interest
Barry Hunt – President & CEO of Class 1 Inc.
William Anderson – none.
Abstract
The use of mobile...
The Impact of a Continuously Active Disinfectant on Bacterial Surface Concentrations and Biofilm Growth
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Affiliation: The University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Environment, Exposure Science and Risk...
It May be Disinfected, but, Is It Clean?
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Hospitals are a hotspot for acquiring dangerous and life-threatening infections, which are transferred patient to patient when sufficient prevention measures are not in place....
