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AORN Recommending Facility Laundering of Surgical Attire

In a session held at the 57th annual AORN Congress today, Melanie Braswell, a member of AORN's recommended practices review committee, introduced the 10 recommendations AORN is making regarding surgical attire, updated from the previous seven recommendations. ...More
March 15, 2010
Posted in News, Guidelines & Regulations, PPE & Standard Precautions, Disinfection & Sterilization
Study Shows Bacterial Contamination Associated With Home-Laundered Surgical Scrubs is Significantly Greater Than Other Options

A study comparing the aerobic bacterial bioburden associated with surgical scrub attire shows significantly greater contamination among home-laundered attire than scrubs laundered by the healthcare facility, scrubs sent out by the facility to a third-party company for ...More
January 8, 2010
Posted in News, Products & Services, PPE & Standard Precautions, Disinfection & Sterilization
Sharklet Technologies Awarded Innovation Research Grant for Development of Urinary Catheter with Biofilm-Resistant Micro-Pattern

Sharklet Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $168,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to develop a urinary catheter with ...More
November 16, 2009
Posted in News, Infections, Research & Studies, Disinfection & Sterilization, Surveillance & Epidemiology
Vascular Devices and Biofilm: Webinar Opportunity

The free, live Webinar, “Why are Vascular Devices Prone to Biofilm Contamination?” will be presented on http://www.TargetBSI.com and will address the emerging issue of biofilms. Experts in the field will discuss the obstacles to preventing, managing and ...More
June 23, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Environmental Cleaning Issues: Advice from Industry Experts

Environmental Surface Disinfection in the Healthcare EnvironmentBy J. Hudson Garrett Jr., PhD, MSN, MPH, APRN, CIC One of the most critical interventions that can be routinely performed to decrease the risk for cross transmission and development of healthcare-associated ...More
June 22, 2009
Posted in Articles, Environmental Hygiene, Research & Studies, Disinfection & Sterilization, Surveillance & Epidemiology
Cool Plasma Packs Heat Against Biofilms

Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it's not another futuristic product of George Lucas' ...More
June 10, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Gram-Positive Bacteria are Bad Breath’s Culprit

A quick breath check in the palm of your hand can never give accurate results. Whether you're about to lean in for a smooch or start a job interview, you're better off asking a trusted friend if your breath is sweet. But what if a friend isn't around when you need ...More
May 18, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
High Impingement Washing: A Vital Part of the Instrument Management Process

Most, if not all, of the washers utilized in today’s hospitals rely on high-impingement washing action to complete bioburden reduction levels that allow safe handling of instruments prior to sterilization. However, high impingement was not exclusively developed for ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Sugar on Bacterial Surface Helps Builds Biofilm

The bacteria responsible for chronic infections in cystic fibrosis patients use one of the sugars on the germs’ surface to start building a structure that helps the microbes resist efforts to kill them, new research shows.Scientists have determined that the bacterial ...More
April 21, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Antimicrobials & Vaccinations
Scientists Find New Way to Battle MRSA

Experts from Queen's University Belfast have developed new agents to fight methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other hospital-acquired infections that are resistant to antibiotics. The fluids are a class of ionic liquids that not only kill colonies of ...More
March 25, 2009
Posted in News, Research & Studies, Disinfection & Sterilization, Surveillance & Epidemiology, Antimicrobials & Vaccinations

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