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Pathogen Persistence

Mercy Health Partners Unveils Innovative Lab Coats that Help Fight Pathogens

Vestagen Technical Textiles today announced that Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's, Mercy Medical Center North, and Mercy Medical Center West in Knoxville, Tenn., purchased Vestex™ nanotechnology-based lab coats. The lab coats were presented to staff physicians in honor ...More
March 25, 2010
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
Experts to Discuss New Hand Hygiene Discoveries Via Webcast

With global health issues such as H1N1 influenza and MRSA driving new infection control concerns, Medline Industries, Inc. announced today an exclusive Webcast event on practical hand hygiene solutions featuring experts Dr. Didier Pittet and Dr. Gunter Kampf.The Webcast, ...More
October 14, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Study Finds Unexpected Bacterial Diversity on Human Skin

The health of our skin — one of the body’s first lines of defense against illness and injury — depends upon the delicate balance between our own cells and the millions of bacteria and other one-celled microbes that live on its surface. To better understand ...More
May 29, 2009
Posted in News
Hand Hygiene as Flu Protective Measure

As H1N1 influenza A (swine flu) spreads, keeping hands clean is one of the most important ways to prevent infection and illness. "Frequent handwashing is probably the single most effective and simplest intervention you can do to protect yourself and your family," ...More
May 1, 2009
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
Breaking the Chain of Infection and Preventing Cross-Contamination

A plethora of studies in the medical literature has demonstrated that nearly everything in the healthcare setting – from surfaces, to healthcare workers’ hands, to medical equipment and everything in between — can serve as a reservoir and a vector for ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Environmental Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions