Spores simply wiped out
Gama Healthcare has developed an advanced innovative wipe — Clinell Sporicidal — which, the company reports, is the world's first peracetic acid generating wipe specifically designed to deal with spores.
Hygiene
Patent pending wipe technology by GAMA Healthcare
GAMA Healthcare has developed an advanced innovative wipe called Clinell Sporicidal: This is the world's first peracetic acid generating wipe which has been specifically designed to deal with spores. This technologically advanced wipe was developed by a team of medical doctors and contains patent pending technology designed around the stability of the peracetic acid.
Meeting legal requirements
During modernisation previously installed machines in contaminated hospital sluice rooms must comply with the same Medical Devices Act requirements as new machines, the specialist firm Meiko Maschinenbau GmbH & Co points out.
Infection source: water
That tap water carries pathogens such as legionella or pseudomonas aeruginosa is well known, writes Heidi Heinhold. However, new research results show that bacteria that were previously considered non-pathogenic, such as coagulase-negative staphylococci (CONS), can be present in hospital water and are transmitted by the water
Devices dedicated to efficient hand washing
The 134-bed private hospital Dr R Schindlbeck private hospital in Herrsching am Ammersee, Bavaria, which also has a large out-patient department, provides 110 units for use after hand washing by staff, patients and visitors. From the Katrin range by Metsä Tissue, Finnish producer of paper towels and dispensing systems, they consist of paper towel rolls and dispensers.
Development of potential Hepatitis C vaccine
The British Midlands' University of Nottingham discovered a possible vaccine for use in the treatment of Hepatits C. At the 161st. meeting of the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh, UK, a paper titled “Human Antibodies to Hepatits C Virus – Potential for Vaccine Design” was presented.
Setting international standards for TB care
By Professor Giovanni Battista Migliori MD, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Control of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases.
Wisdom
Stupid people always make the same mistakes, intelligent people learn from their own mistakes; wise people observe others and learn from them. Global player, Metsä Tissue has made this pearl of wisdom their own and analysed the market in full including competitors and users.
Modernising? You must meet hygiene regulations
During modernisation, the law governing machines already installed in contaminated hospital sluice rooms in exactly the same way as new machines, i.e. they must comply with the same Medical Devices Act requirements as new machines.
UK, Vietnam and Nigeria teams take top infection control awards
With entries from infection control teams from all over the world, with each hospital facing different challenges and with widely differing resources at their disposal, judges working on the 2006/2007 Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards focused on teams that had demonstrated that they really made a difference to standards of infection control within their own hospitals and have set…
Significant increase in MRSA infections
Could a computer programme help? Recommendations of the Robert-Koch-Institute
Success in MRSA control
By Professor Jan Kluytmans MD, of the Microbiology and Infection Control Laboratory, Amphia Hospital, Breda
Disinfection at the workstation
Made in Germany, the Induproof-Series includes keyboards and mouse (InduMouse) that are completely sealed to IP68 standards. They can be cleaned with disinfecting wipes and, impressively, submerged up to three metres in liquid or cleaned with high-pressure water jets, the manufacturer reports.
See saw blades on the Web
Komet Medical has developed rotating and oscillating instruments since 1923.
Studies confirm adjustable colour temperatures benefit surgeons
After their debut at the 2005 Medica trade show, the first LED lamp made by Trumpf Medizin Systeme (iLED) found new users worldwide.
New quick test for MRSA delivers results in just 5 hours
The methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common causes of life threatening infections among hospital patients. What makes the bacterium that dangerous is the fact, that due to unspecific symptoms and long lasting testing procedures its detection takes too long. A new test that delivers results in just five hours now offers the possibility of a MRSA screening for…
Patient safety during endoscopy
Despite thorough cleansing, endoscopy tools can be re-contaminated because non-sterile water is used for the final rinse.
Libyan HIV Infection case becomes EU wide affair
At second instance a Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses to death. The healthcare workers are accused of allegedly infecting more than 400 children in Libya with HIV through contaminated blood products. Now Bulgaria will bring charges against 11 Libyan police officers for torturing the nurses into confessing that crime, that they allegedly did not commit.
Norovirus epidemic in Germany
Fortunately, the influenza virus has not swapped over to Germany yet because the country has enough to do with the norovirus which is expected to attack up to one million people during the next weeks. People affected by the virus suffer from strong nausea and diarrhoea that last at least two days.
News • Nosocomial infections
Study finds stainless steel beats plastic in combating bacteria
Nosocomial infections are all too common in our hospitals. For example, in Germany alone (according to the German Company for Hospital Hygiene - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene), each year 40,000 patients contract bacterial infections, some fatal.
Simplifying precise urinalysis
Sysmex urine fluorescence flow cytometers offer a wide variety of clinical benefits to the user, including determination of WBC, bacteria and yeasts to exclude urinary tract infections and/or inflammations very quickly.
High-tech engineering ensures instrument decontamination
The new single door PG 8527 and two door PG 8528 large-cabinet decontamination units for instrument reprocessing (on sale from March 2007) adapt easily to changing workloads in hospital CSSD units and a variety of other needs, their manufacturer Miele reports. Both units use either the firm's new OxiVario or OrthoVario disinfection programmes.
An end to out-sourcing?
As MRSA affects about 300,000 patients and costs UK £1 billion annually, the country's public services union demands the return of in-house cleaners. Report: Peter Howieson
Advancing world hygiene standards
TopLine, the new range of bedpan washers/disinfectors from Meiko set new standards.