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Design4Health conference to demonstrate innovative approaches to global healthcare issues

A 3D-printable prosthetic foot, a low cost tool to help prevent the spread of Ebola and tartan designed by people with Alzheimer’s disease are just some of the projects on show at a conference looking at innovative new approaches to global healthcare issues.

From Sheffield Hallam University 9 Jul 2015

Flynas adds Virus Guard disinfectant wipes to its in-flight hygiene to tackle MERS, Birdflu

Flynas, an award winning leading low cost airline of Saudi Arabia has set new standards to in-flight safety, by adding Virus Guard disinfectant wet wipes and sprays to its in-flight hygiene, to protect passengers from viruses such as MERS, Birdflu.

10 Jun 2015

Study shows trophon EPR effective in inactivating high-risk, cancer-causing HPV

A new study presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America has demonstrated that the trophon EPR is the only high level disinfection system proven to kill natural, infectious, high-risk human papilloma virus (HPV) under normal use conditions.

20 May 2015

Study shows trophon EPR effective in inactivating high-risk, cancer-causing HPV

20 May 2015

Study examines efficacy of continuous UV-C robots versus pulsed xenon in preventing infection

The efficacy of continuous UV-C disinfection robots versus pulsed xenon (PU-UX) was highlighted in a recently published study of ultraviolet (UV) light disinfection systems by an influential infection prevention research team, including Curtis Donskey, M.D.

1 Apr 2015

Low-cost antiseptic could help reduce deaths in newborn babies

A low-cost antiseptic used to cleanse the cord after birth could help reduce infant death rates in developing countries by 12%, a systematic review published in The Cochrane Library suggests. Authors of the review found that when chlorhexidine was used on babies born outside of a hospital, it reduces the number of newborn babies who died or suffer from infections.

5 Mar 2015

Everyday actions could help prevent spread of flu among college students

As local college students return to Philadelphia from their long winter breaks over the next several days, it is likely that they'll be bringing who-knows-what germs with them from home, said Stacey A. Gorski, PhD, a biology professor who specializes in immunology at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

7 Jan 2015

Health Canada warns Canadians against illegal health products

A vendor in Atlantic Canada (www.health-recovery-info.com) is selling Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS), an unauthorized drug product which Health Canada has previously warned may pose serious risks to health if ingested.

29 Nov 2014

Pharmaceutical industry withdraws from the antibiotic space

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that at least 2 million Americans are sickened by antibiotic resistant infections each year and survive.

13 Oct 2014

Universal MRSA screening may be too costly for individual hospital to adopt

Numerous experts and policy makers have called for hospitals to screen patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and isolate anyone testing positive to prevent the spread of these so-called "Superbugs" in healthcare settings.

8 Oct 2014

New antiseptic agent holds promise for treatment of periodontitis

The study, published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, by Shinichi Arakawa and colleagues at Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, evaluated the bactericidal activities of ozone nano-bubble water - also known as NBW3 - against the two main bacterial agents that cause periodontitis as well as its toxicity to human oral tissue cells.

15 Sep 2014

2 active ingredients in household cleaning products cause declines in mouse reproduction

Virginia Tech researchers who were using a disinfectant when handling mice have discovered that two active ingredients in it cause declines in mouse reproduction.

14 Aug 2014

Bacteria in critically ill patients may be growing increasingly resistant to common antiseptic

Bacteria that cause life-threatening bloodstream infections in critically ill patients may be growing increasingly resistant to a common hospital antiseptic, according to a recent study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins.

14 Aug 2014

Surgical patient safety program significantly reduces cardiac surgical site infections

A common postoperative complication after open heart operations-infection at the surgical site-has been reduced by 77 percent at a Canadian hospital through its participation in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP-), according to a new case study presented at the 2014 ACS NSQIP National Conference.

27 Jul 2014

Viewpoints: Obamacare still has more challenges; GOP needs to help make law work; census change is not Obama's decision

The first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act ended this week with roughly 7.5 million people obtaining policies through the new state insurance exchanges, including more than 1.3 million at Covered California.

18 Apr 2014

Research to understand exactly how bleach kills bacteria

Spring cleaning often involves chlorine bleach, which has been used as a disinfectant for hundreds of years. But our bodies have been using bleach's active component, hypochlorous acid, to help clean house for millennia. As part of our natural response to infection, certain types of immune cells produce hypochlorous acid to help kill invading microbes, including bacteria.

8 Apr 2014

Active ingredient in vinegar can effectively kill mycobacteria

The active ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an international team of researchers from Venezuela, France, and the US reports in mBio-, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

25 Feb 2014

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus, say researchers

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus (HPV) that makes possible non-sexual transmission of the virus, thus creating a need for hospital policy changes, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Brigham Young University.

13 Feb 2014

CDC recommends effective tips to help families stay healthy during peak flu activity

With outbreaks of cold and flu on the rise across the U.S., Americans are facing a seemingly impossible task of helping their families stay healthy this winter. As of last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 47 states have declared the incidence of flu to be regional or widespread in their communities and nearly 10,000 cases of H1N1 have been documented.

28 Jan 2014

Researchers find difficult to kill Salmonella biofilms with three types of disinfectant

Once Salmonella bacteria get into a food processing facility and have an opportunity to form a biofilm on surfaces, it is likely to be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to kill it, according to research published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

17 Jan 2014

Disinfectant News and Research

Design4Health conference to demonstrate innovative approaches to global healthcare issues

Flynas adds Virus Guard disinfectant wipes to its in-flight hygiene to tackle MERS, Birdflu

Study shows trophon EPR effective in inactivating high-risk, cancer-causing HPV

Study shows trophon EPR effective in inactivating high-risk, cancer-causing HPV

Study examines efficacy of continuous UV-C robots versus pulsed xenon in preventing infection

Low-cost antiseptic could help reduce deaths in newborn babies

Everyday actions could help prevent spread of flu among college students

Health Canada warns Canadians against illegal health products

Pharmaceutical industry withdraws from the antibiotic space

Universal MRSA screening may be too costly for individual hospital to adopt

New antiseptic agent holds promise for treatment of periodontitis

2 active ingredients in household cleaning products cause declines in mouse reproduction

Bacteria in critically ill patients may be growing increasingly resistant to common antiseptic

Surgical patient safety program significantly reduces cardiac surgical site infections

Viewpoints: Obamacare still has more challenges; GOP needs to help make law work; census change is not Obama's decision

Research to understand exactly how bleach kills bacteria

Active ingredient in vinegar can effectively kill mycobacteria

Commonly used disinfectants do not kill human papillomavirus, say researchers

CDC recommends effective tips to help families stay healthy during peak flu activity

Researchers find difficult to kill Salmonella biofilms with three types of disinfectant

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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