These are the shocking hotel cleaning practices and the areas in the room you should avoid By KATHERINE ALEX BEAVEN Despite regular cleaning, hotel rooms can harbor dark secrets and are often swarming with old skin cells, E. coli or…
by Dorris Dimmit, MPH, CIC ICT:Infection Control Today, June 9, 2014 Alternative disinfection technology utilizing a product derived from saline and electricity, "superoxidized water," produces a cidal activity 50 to 100 times that of household bleach, addressing growing resistance issues…
Journal of Burns and Wound Care, Published online April 11, 2007 Objective: Hypochlorous acid (HOCl), a major inorganic bactericidal compound of innate immunity, is effective against a broad range of microorganisms. On the basis of the antimicrobial activity and the…
In October 2002, the FDA cleared superoxidized water as a high-level disinfectant (FDA, personal communication, September 18, 2002). http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/Disinfection_Sterilization/6_0disinfection.html
Hospitals are looking to reduce their healthcare-associated infection rates. In no specific order, GlobalData profiles the top ten disinfection solutions available. Hospital Management.net, May 15, 2012 According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)…
The ideal cleanroom disinfectant should have good broad spectrum efficacy against highly resistant bacterial spores. Additional requirements include a sterile option for grade A and B environments1, non-flammable so it can be used over large areas with no health and safety…
CDC - Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001 The concept of electrolyzing saline to create a disinfectant is appealing because the basic materials, saline and electricity, are cheap and the end product (water) is…
Bleach has been killing germs for more than 200 years but it is only since 2008 that U.S. scientists figured out how the cleaner does its dirty work. It seems that hypochlorous acid, the active ingredient in bleach, attacks proteins in…