by Infection Control Technologies | Mar 4, 2020 | 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Infection Control Technologies | Jul 27, 2017 | Facility Hygiene and Maintenance, Heathcare
By Thomas Licker, CEICR, CBRM Pharmaceutical Compounding Laboratories have been the talk of the town of late. “Pharmaceutical compounding”, the art and science of creating custom medications to meet a patient’s specific needs (strength, dosage,...
