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HEPA Negative Pressure Systems and COVID-19 Patients

by Infection Control Technologies | May 6, 2020 | Covid-19, Heathcare

Infection Control Technologies (ICT) was recently brought in to help a local healthcare system with establishing negative containment and isolation of space for COVID–19 patients. With the concern of cross-contamination from bioaerosols generated from patients and...

Novel Coronavirus – Covid 19 ICT Technical Bulletin

by Infection Control Technologies | Mar 4, 2020 | Covid-19, Heathcare

Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19, as it is now known, has started to move in to North America. We have a new positive case in New York City. People are being evacuated from China and are currently being sent to designated quarantine facilities on military bases...

Deadly Candida Auris Deemed Global Threat

by Infection Control Technologies | Apr 17, 2019 | Facility and Equipment Biological Decontamination, Heathcare

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has sounded the alarm on Candida auris, an emerging global health threat. What is Candida auris? It’s a fungus that infects the bloodstream and was first identified in 2009 in Japan. Since then it has been detected in...

C Difficile Infections Are Now Appearing Outside Hospitals

by Infection Control Technologies | Nov 29, 2018 | Facility Hygiene and Maintenance, Heathcare

Clostridium difficile or C. difficile is a potentially deadly infection that had become associated with hospital patients. However, a new report by Clayton Dalton, MD and Massachusetts General Hospital, indicated that C. diff rates are rising in the community outside...

Bacteria fighting operating room light fixtures installed at Henderson Hospital, Nevada

by Infection Control Technologies | Apr 19, 2018 | Facility Hygiene and Maintenance, Health, Heathcare

An article on the Benzinga website states that Indigo-Clean continuous environmental disinfecting operating room (OR) light fixtures are featured in two surgical suites located in Nevada’s Henderson Hospital. Indigo-Clean disinfectant light fixtures are...

27 States reported to contain “Nightmare” antibiotic-resistant bacteria

by Infection Control Technologies | Apr 12, 2018 | Facility Hygiene and Maintenance, Health, Heathcare, Hospitality and Travel

According to a recent CNN article, more than 200 rare antibiotic-resistant genes in “Nightmare” bacteria were found in a 2017 Vital Signs report conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A variety of resistant germs can be found...

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