Environmental Equipment Articles & Analysis
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“It’s important to note that Acinetobacter can live for long periods of time on environmental surfaces and shared equipment if they are not properly cleaned,” said Frank Selamie, President of CTSI. “This means it can spread from one person to another through contact with contaminated surfaces or equipment, or though person ...
Those most at risk of infection according to the CDC include patients in hospitals, especially those who: · are on breathing machines · have devices such as catheters · have open wounds from surgery · are in intensive care units · have prolonged hospital stays “As recently as 2017, carbapenem-resistant ...
CDC describes Candida auris as a concerning drug-resistant fungus because it is: · Often multidrug-resistant, with some strains resistant to all three available classes of antifungals · Can cause outbreaks in healthcare facilities · Some common healthcare disinfectants are less effective at eliminating it · Can be carried on ...
“While the risk of C. auris infection in otherwise healthy people is low, in some hospitalized patients with weakened immune systems it can cause wound infections, ear infections and bloodstream infections which can spread throughout the body,” said Harry Pena, President of Zimmetry Environmental. “In Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean, nursing home, long-term ...
As Casella Measurement launches its new Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy, it is particularly apt that the specialist in occupational health and environmental monitoring equipment has chosen Cancer Research UK as its charity partner, since use of the company’s dust measuring devices play an important part in the fight against lung cancer. ...
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“Staphylococci exist in air, dust, sewage, water, milk and food as well as on food equipment, environmental surfaces, humans and animals,” reported Joe Frasca, Senior Vice President, Marketing at EMSL. ...