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New Study Shows the Power of a Sneeze to Spread Disease

April 10, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

Sneeze airborne spread of disease

Within a week of the CDC revealing that over 200 people in the United States die each day from health care acquired infections, a new study reveals the power of a sneeze to spread those infections. Looking at the two reports side by side it makes one wonder what is being done about the airborne ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: airborne disease, disease, superbugs, ultraviolet

CDC Notes One in 25 Patients Infected During Hospital Stay

April 2, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

“Today and every day, more than 200 Americans with healthcare-associated infections will die during their hospital stay,” CDC Director Tom Frieden The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the results of a study that unveiled the grim risk of acquiring an infection ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: airborne disesase, antibiotic resistance, CDC, hospital acquired infections, ultraviolet

Using Ultraviolet to Stop The Spread of Disease in Hospital Waiting Rooms

March 21, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

A recent outbreak of measles in New York has the city's health department investigating if it was actually spread at local hospitals and medical facilities. According to Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News Channel's managing editor for health news: "Sometimes the doctors are not quick to recognize that it ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: antibiotic resistant, disease, measles, ultraviolet

Are Your Coworkers Contagious – 90% Report to Work Sick

February 7, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

There's a new term for the growing trend of people showing up to work while sick - it's being called presenteeism and it's the counterpart of absenteeism. A recent Huffington Post article detailed the extent of this trend by noting 90% of employees had reported to work while sick based on one ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: presenteeism, sick, ultraviolet

Hundreds exposed to Detroit hospital worker diagnosed with tuberculosis | MLive.com

February 1, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

Hospital staff, using a variety of chemicals, cleaning protocols as well as ultraviolet or ozone sterilization methods, can now perform advanced cleaning of facility rooms and leave the area virtually germ free. However, if the next person that enters the room is infected with a contagious disease, ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: infectious control, tuberculosis, ultraviolet

Dental Office Installs 24/7 Ultraviolet Protection to Prevent the Spread of Airborne Infection

January 31, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

Preventing the spread of infection to patients undergoing routine health care procedures is a growing concern among health professionals.  A recent study done by the University of Leeds determined that infectious organisms can ride around on building air currents in any health care facility that ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: airborne disesase, infection control, ultraviolet

Built-in Round the Clock Infectious Control

January 29, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

This past weekend the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that another cruise ship had suffered from an outbreak of disease. In the CDC report it was disclosed that close to 20.25% of the passengers had reports of being ill and over 4.29% of the crew became sick. One solution to that ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: cruise ship, infectious control, norovirus, superbugs, ultraviolet

Ultraviolet Device Proves Effective Against Superbug MRSA

January 17, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

Stories detailing the rising rate of MRSA infections continue to lead the NEWS . MRSA is a simple way of saying the tongue twister germ defined as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus and it is one of the more infamous “superbugs”. Superbugs are germs that have become immune to antibiotics. ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: antibiotics, MRSA, superbugs, ultraviolet

Preventing the Spread of Disease in Healthcare Waiting Rooms

January 2, 2014 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

“We are approaching a cliff. If we don’t take steps to slow or stop drug resistance, we will fall back to a time when simple infections killed people. We are asking everyone who uses antibiotics, especially healthcare providers, healthcare leaders, the agriculture industry, manufacturers, policy ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: disease, hospital acquired infections, superbugs, ultraviolet

Patient Satisfaction Gets New Tool

December 24, 2013 by Kerry Kilpatrick Leave a Comment

patient satisfaction

Patients want to know that the hospital they’re in is germ free! The last thing they should have to worry about is breathing contaminated air or about becoming even sicker because they picked up a “bug” from the hospital. Imagine sitting in a waiting room surrounded by people who are coughing, ... Read More »

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: hospital acquired infections, patient satisfaction, superbugs, ultraviolet

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