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Water Quality

Researchers Develop Rapid Test Strips for Bacterial Contamination in Swimming Water

Urban beach closures due to coliform outbreaks have become disturbing signs of summer, yet water-testing technology has never been fast enough to keep up with changing conditions, nor accessible enough to check all waters. Now, researchers at McMaster University have ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News
Sunlight Plus Lime Juice Makes Drinking Water Safer

Looking for an inexpensive and effective way to quickly improve the quality of your drinking water? According to a team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, sunlight and a twist of lime might do ...More
April 17, 2012
Posted in News
New Report Examines World Water Disinfection Products Market

In a new report from Reportlinker.com, "World Water Disinfection Products Market," analysts say that the universal need for safe water is driving disinfection product demand. Analysts also predict thst the worldwide demand for water disinfection products is projected to ...More
March 22, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Contaminated Water Systems Pose Serious Threat

Water in hospitals, hotels, commercial office buildings, and long-term care facilities contain waterborne pathogens such as Legionella, Pseudomonas and antibiotic resistant bacteria. Now, guidance documents developed by the World Health Organization; the Veterans Affairs ...More
March 15, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Legionnaires' Disease Outbreaks from Hospital Drinking Water Preventable with Disinfection

Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks, caused by Legionella in hospital drinking water, can be prevented using the right disinfection methods. Too often hospitals make treatment decisions on marketing claims not science. A research review paper, "Controlling Legionella in ...More
March 1, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, Environmental Hygiene
Students' Water-Testing Tool Wins $40,000, Launches Nonprofit

University of Washington engineering students have won an international contest for their design to monitor water disinfection using the sun's rays. The students will share a $40,000 prize from the Rockefeller Foundation and are now working with nonprofits to turn their ...More
December 21, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Growth Forecast for Ultraviolet Water Disinfection Systems Market

With municipal water in the United States and across the globe requiring disinfection to eradicate microbes such as cryptosporidium and giardia, new analysis from research firm Frost & Sullivan indicates that the ultraviolet water and wastewater disinfection systems ...More
July 27, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Water for Instrument Processing

For all tables, please refer to the May 2009 issue of ICT.Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid. It is essentially nonionic or neutral. While alkaline and acid solvents can only remove compounds of the same pH, water — being neutral — can ...More
April 29, 2009
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
What's in Your Water? Disinfectants Create Toxic Byproducts

Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with organic material in the water yielding toxic ...More
March 31, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Providing Safe Surgical Instruments: Factors to Consider

There are many steps involved with the preparation of sterile surgical instruments. All of these steps must be performed correctly to ensure a safe product for the patient. When shortcuts are taken, a failure in the process can result. Moreover, this failure may not be ...More
April 1, 2008
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization