Reduction of Healthcare Associated Infections through the use of Pulsed Xenon Ultraviolet Disinfection
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Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are a global problem, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, life-long disability to some survivors, and requiring...
Electrostatics: A Solution for Healthy Touch Point Surface Treatments
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In the infection prevention and control industry, environmental cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces is becoming more important than ever before. Research studies show that...
Time to turn Cleaning Staff into Certified Technicians
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Healthcare-associated infections claim thousands of lives and cost the healthcare system billions of dollars annually. While the proper cleaning and disinfection of the physical...
Colour-Coding to Prevent Hospital Infections
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Preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is not as simple as implementing a hand hygiene program, investing in an ultraviolet disinfection robot or switching to a...
Introduction to UV Surface Disinfection
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Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs) are a major cause of preventable death throughout the world. It is believed the physical environment may play a more...
6 Factors That Have Caused Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance has become a global threat, and with Antibiotic Awareness Week, it is important to understand the series of events that have led...
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....
What do We Mean When We Talk about “Cleaning” and “Disinfecting”?
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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...
