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Tag: Disinfectant
Surgeons’ choice of skin disinfectant impacts infection risk, Canadian-American study shows
Researchers of the PREPARE trial, which enrolled nearly 8,500 participants at 25 hospitals in Canada and the United States, found the use of iodine povacrylex in alcohol to disinfect a patient’s skin could prevent surgical site infection in thousands of patients undergoing surgery for a closed fracture each year.
Nanomaterial Boosts Potency of Coronavirus Disinfectants
Enhanced disinfectant is two-to-four times more effective in neutralizing pathogen threat
Is Your Alcohol Sanitizer Safe and Effective? Chula’s Pharmaceutical Science Has Developed a User-friendly and Rapid Test Kit to Keep People Away from COVID-19.
Chula Pharmaceutical Science helps increase public confidence to keep COVID-19 at bay with their new test kit to verify the safety and efficacy of hand sanitizers and alcohol-based gel and spray products.
DHS S&T Funds Veteran-Owned Florida Small Business to Develop Longer-Lasting Disinfectant to Fight COVID-19
DHS S&T’s SVIP has awarded $105,877 in Phase 1 funding for Bloodstone Division, LLC’s development of an anti-viral disinfectant under the SVIP Emerging Needs: COVID-19 Response & Future Mitigation solicitation.
A Measure of Cleanliness
Michelle Ozbun, PhD, and her team developed a way to measure how many infectious human papillomavirus particles are left on a surface after it has been disinfected. They found that disinfectants approved for use on medical devices work well, and they recently published their work online in The Lancet journal EBioMedicine.
Ozone Disinfection Could Allow Safe Reuse of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
A new study shows that ozone gas, a highly reactive chemical composed of three oxygen atoms, could provide a safe means for disinfecting certain types of personal protective equipment that are in high demand for shielding health care personnel from Covid-19.
Green method could enable hospitals to produce hydrogen peroxide in house
A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. It could enable hospitals to make their own supply of the disinfectant on demand and at lower cost.
Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Dangers of Consuming, Injecting Disinfectants
Two Rutgers medical experts are available to discuss the dangers of ingesting or injecting household disinfectants following the President Trump’s remarks that such cleaners could possibly treat COVID-19. “Injecting or ingesting a disinfectant to treat COVID-19 is not only ineffective,…
HCPA Warns Consumers Against Injecting Disinfectants as a Cure for COVID-19
HCPA reminds consumers to use disinfecting products as they’re intended and according to the directions on the label, following speculation that injecting disinfectants can be used to cure COVID-19.
ACI Launches Safe and Clean at Home Challenge
The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) launched its new Safe and Clean at Home initiative, featuring daily cleaning challenges, tips and ideas to help all of us to clean smart while we’re spending so much more time around the house due to the coronavirus crisis.