News articles tagged with 'disinfectant'
Alcohol-based hand disinfectants improve business productivity
— 24 Aug 2010 09:21 | HealthThe placement of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in businesses can reduce illness and absenteeism amongst the work force. A study published in the open access journal, BMC Infectious…
40 percent of surface disinfectants ineffective in eliminating viruses that cause gastroenteritis
— 18 Mar 2010 13:13 | HealthSome 40% of commercial disinfectants used to clean surfaces are believed to be ineffective in eliminating noroviruses, a group of viruses responsible for more than half of all foodborne…
Targeted prevention stopped spread of H1N1 at Alabama boys camp
— 4 Feb 2010 12:52 | HealthProviding preventive Tamiflu and educating and emphasising the need for repeated hand sanitiser use and disinfectant spray helped stop the spread of H1N1 influenza at a boys' summer…
How clean is your knife?
— 20 Jan 2010 15:33 | HealthA new fast-acting disinfectant that is effective against bacteria, viruses, fungi and prions could help to reduce the spread of deadly infections in hospitals, according to research…
Disinfectants may promote growth of superbugs
— 1 Jan 2010 11:01 | HealthUsing disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to research published in the January issue of Microbiology.…
Will copper keep us safe from the superbugs?
— 2 Dec 2009 09:05 | HealthThree papers scheduled for publication in the January issue of the Journal of Hospital Infection, published by Elsevier, suggest that copper might have a role in the fight against healthcare-associated…
Water quality in orbit
— 14 Sep 2009 13:55 | TechnologySpace is not a fun place to get a stomach bug. To ensure drinking water is adequately disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a two-minute water quality monitoring method…
Prototype, 7-foot-tall sanitiser automates disinfection of hard-to-clean hospital equipment
— 1 Aug 2009 17:10 | HealthJohns Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a 7-foot-tall, $10,000 shower-cubicle-shaped…
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