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Study on Lumalier's automated UV device for decontaminating hospital rooms presented at the ICAAC

In a study presented at the 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), researchers used a mobile, automated UV device to decontaminate hospital rooms at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Ohio and analyzed its ability to remove troublesome bacteria, including C. difficile spores.

12 Oct 2009

University of Leicester's event to cope with challenging and distressing situations

The University of Leicester will go on 'Red Alert' on Saturday 10th October, when fire officers, paramedics and international experts in triage, pandemics and major trauma converge on the campus for the staging of a chemical/biological/radioactive incident.

7 Oct 2009

Update on Cerezyme and Fabrazyme supply from Genzyme Corporation

Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ: GENZ) today provided an update on its progress to restore supplies of Cerezyme® (imiglucerase for injection) and Fabrazyme® (agalsidase beta) for patients worldwide and revised its 2009 revenue guidance for these products.

24 Sep 2009

Universal Detection Technology to showcase its TS-10-5-agent biodetection kit

Universal Detection Technology, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies and counter-terrorism training programs to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, announced today that it will be showcasing its TS-10-5-agent biodetection kit at ASIS International 2009 in Anaheim, California.

18 Sep 2009

American Scientific Resources acquires Safeguard Medical's home needle destruction device patent

American Scientific Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ASFX) (the Company), is excited to announce that it has acquired the intellectual property to the world's only FDA approved home needle destruction device (NDD), the Disintegrator(TM) and Disintegrator Plus(TM) (U.S. Patent No. 6,384,362 Patent Application No.: 09/500,504) (the "Device Technology").

15 Sep 2009

Concerro's CommandAware hospital incident management system enhanced with location-based intelligence tool

San Diego-based Concerro, Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wide hospital shift and disaster workforce management software, has enhanced its CommandAware® hospital incident management system by adding a new location-based intelligence tool to help clients identify and interact with regional data in a more efficient way.

10 Sep 2009

Promega unveils Maxwell 16 Viral Total Nucleic Acid Purification Kit

Promega announces the release of the Maxwell 16 Viral Total Nucleic Acid Purification Kit which, among other labs, currently serves the OCA Hospital in Mexico for H1N1 clinical research.

10 Sep 2009

Dr. Terry Collins offers public lecture on the growing field of green chemistry

Consumer concerns over hazardous chemicals in the air and water have led scientists to find solutions in the new field of green chemistry. "The most troubling health effects are associated with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that may interfere with cellular development in humans and animals," says Dr. Terry Collins, a champion in the field.

9 Sep 2009

American Scientific Resources to acquire the intellectual property of Disintegrator home needle destruction device

American Scientific Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ASFX) (the Company), today confirmed that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the intellectual property to the Disintegrator home needle destruction device (NDD) (U.S. Patent No. 6,384,362 Patent Application No.: 09/500,504).

27 Aug 2009

Researchers investigate dioxin decomposition in the Viktor Yushchenko poisoning

In 2004 the current Ukrainian president, Viktor Yushchenko, suffered a severe case of dioxin poisoning. In order to understand how the human body reacts to remove the poison, Empa researchers have analyzed over a hundred samples taken from the politician.

6 Aug 2009

Machine designed to reduce infections and cut back on expensive "disposables"

Johns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped device that automatically sanitizes in 30 minutes all sorts of hard-to-clean equipment in the highly trafficked hospital emergency department.

30 Jul 2009

Mobile phones belonging to hospital workers covered in bugs

Mobile phone handsets belonging to hospital workers are covered in bacteria including the 'superbug', MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ).

5 Mar 2009

Death from anthrax in Britain

A musician and drum maker has died in Britain from anthrax after handling animal skins thought to have been imported from Africa.

3 Nov 2008

Disinfectants can make bacteria resistant to treatment

Chemicals used in the environment to kill bacteria could be making them stronger, according to a paper published in the October issue of the journal Microbiology. Low levels of these chemicals, called biocides, can make the potentially lethal bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remove toxic chemicals from the cell even more efficiently, potentially making it resistant to being killed by some antibiotics.

6 Oct 2008

Antimicrobial wipes can spread pathogens after first use

A new study by a team of researchers at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, has found that antimicrobial-containing wipes currently used to decontaminate surfaces in hospitals can spread pathogens after first use.

3 Jun 2008

Superbug genome sequenced

The genome of a newly-emerging superbug, commonly known as Steno, has just been sequenced. The results reveal an organism with a remarkable capacity for drug resistance. The research was carried out by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute near Cambridge and the University of Bristol.

6 May 2008

Put patients before profit says UNISON

UNISON is calling for the sterilisation of surgical instruments to be brought back within hospital control.

26 Apr 2008

New decontamination agent

A new decontamination agent devised by US chemists can deactivate toxic chemicals such as nerve agents and pesticides - leaving only non-toxic, easily disposable by-products, according to research in the New Journal of Chemistry.

8 Apr 2008

New findings do not support recommendation for universal screening on hospital admission for MRSA

New findings do not support the recommendation for universal screening on hospital admission for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to reduce the rate of hospital-acquired infections in surgical patients, according to a study in the March 12 issue of JAMA.

12 Mar 2008

Improved methods for decontamination of bioterrorism hazards

In October 2001, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and two U.S. senators, killing five people and infecting 17 others.

30 Jan 2008