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Biofilms on Environmental Surfaces: What Can You Do to Get Rid of Them?
A combination of physical and/or chemical means is necessary to achieve the desired cleaning effect.Have You Heard of the Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center?
The vision of the Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center, located at the University of Oregon, is to develop hypothesis-driven, evidence-based approaches to understand the "built environment microbiome".CleanLink Presents: Incorporating Green Cleaning Into Healthcare Facilities
On March 7, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, CleanLink airs the webcast, Incorporating Green Cleaning Into Healthcare Facilities, presented by Stephen Ashkin, President of The Ashkin Group and Executive Director of the Green Cleaning Network.Switching to Steam? AVT Launches Resource Library on Steam Vapor
Everett WA-based Advanced Vapor Technologies (AVT) - recognizing the surging interest in greener cleaning and infection prevention, and the media attention steam vapor devices have received In recent months - has announced the availability of a Resource Library on steam vapor technology to help readers better understand the science underpinning the efficacy of steam vapor sanitation systems.Acute Antimicrobial-Related Illnesses Among Workers in Healthcare Facilities
Occupational exposures to antimicrobial pesticides are known to cause adverse health effects.Kumkum M. Dilwali, MS, LEED-AP, Past Senior Director of the Green Guide for Health Care™ Joins HFI Advisory Board
Her past strategic involvement with the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) will help environmental services staff and other facility professionals understand how to make significant progress on the healthy and greener environments continuum.Light Wave Kills Hospital Superbugs, Harmless to People
A pioneering LED lighting system that kills superbugs in hospitals has been developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) Officially Supports The Cleaning Industry Research Institute International (CIRI) Symposium
The Healthy Facilities Institute (HFI) is pleased to officially support the Cleaning Industry Research Institute International (CIRI) Symposium, “Cleaning & Disinfection: The Science, Practice & Controversy”.Sodexo Chooses Xenex Room Disinfection System
Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light destroys viruses, bacteria and bacterial spores in the patient environment without contact or chemicals.Innovative Approach to Hand Hygiene Yields Glowing Results
'Glowing hands' in the waiting room improves kids' handwashing.Portable Anteroom HEPA Filtration May Prevent Perioperative Transmission of Airborne Microorganisms
AJIC study says a supplemental portable anteroom high-efficiency particulate air (PAS-HEPA) filter unit outside operating room suites may prevent secondary transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis).Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
Healthcare acquired pathogens can be prevented by optimizing high touch surface cleaning and by implementing programs that include monitoring and education.Rolling It Out: Selecting Carpet for the Healthcare Environment
Carpeting can help hospitals improve sound-absorption, indoor air quality, staff and patient safety, and aesthetics, but it also poses many challenges.LEED for Healthcare Launched at CleanMed Conference
First-of-its-kind green healthcare rating system distinguishes construction of high-performance healthcare facilities.Green Cleaning 101 in Healthcare
A review of the principles and concepts behind the use of environmentally preferable cleaning products and what these applications mean to cleaning professionals, healthcare professionals, and staff and patients in medical locations.Controlling and Preventing Air- and Waterborne Infections
Pathogenic microorganisms are transmitted in many ways in hospitals. One important consideration is the role that the environment plays in pathogen transmission, specifically leading to airborne and waterborne infections.Dry Copper Kills Bacteria on Contact
Metallic copper surfaces kill microbes on contact, decimating their populations, according to a paper in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.Basics of Log Reduction
"Log reduction" is a mathematical term (as is "log increase") used to show the relative number of live microbes eliminated from a surface by disinfecting or cleaning.Preventing Slip and Fall: Mastering Wet COF Measurement
Since a floor that is slip-resistant when wet will generally be slip resistant when dry, taking measurements of the condition of floors by benchmarking the wet Coefficient of Friction (COF) is an important starting point to raise safety levels.MD Anderson Study Shows Device Helps Purge Common Pathogens in Patient Rooms
Pulsed xenon ultraviolet light goes where housekeepers can’t.Health Benefits of Carpet Maintenance
There is a widespread perception that carpet cannot be kept clean (sanitary) and that because of its inability to be kept clean, carpet contributes significantly to the deterioration of indoor environmental quality, especially leading to unhealthy indoor air quality. This unnecessary misconception often leads to policy decisions for removing carpet from many environments such as schools, health care facilities, and public agencies.Does Steam Vapor Kill C. Diff?
Steam vapor systems share some limitations of chemical disinfectants with respect to endospores of C. difficile, but if used regularly should substantially reduce the burden of this problematic microbe on hospital surfaces.Green Cleaning and the Health Care Industry
What "green cleaning" really means and how it can be implemented into health care facilities.Greening Your Practice - Holistic Primary Care
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