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03/01/2009

Want a really successful hospital?

USA - Employment turnover is low and morale high. The level of response to patients call buttons is high - but, if not, patients can tell the hospital CEO. This is a formula that …

03/01/2009

Surgical checklist saves lives

As part of a global Safe Surgery Saves Lives programme, a simple, short checklist of guidelines for safe surgical procedures developed by the World Alliance for Patient Safety of …

02/26/2009

Work stress among staff associated with hospital infections

Hospital-associated infections are a serious public health problem. Approximately 50 000 patients get hospital infection during their stay, and these infections are estimated to …

02/11/2009

Faster, More Affordable Test Being Developed for Improved MRSA Screening

A rapid, portable, point-of-care test for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), developed by TwistDx based on a new way of detecting DNA, was one of nine products …

01/08/2009

Decreasing MRSA infections in UK

MRSA bloodstream infections in England are continuing to fall, the latest quarterly statistics from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed: There were 725 MRSA bloodstream …

12/20/2008

The clean-room specialists

Since 1985, Ortner cleanrooms unlimited has specialised in all areas of clean-room technology - from clean-room planning and implementation to clean-room facility management. …

12/20/2008

Wipes meet international regulations

Pal International, which has manufactured a wide range of hygiene products and protective clothing for over three decades and currently supplies products to over 70 countries, has …

11/21/2008

Non-invasive applications in clinics

If a patient is delivered to the clinic with pulmonary complications, the clinic has to decide which type of therapy is suitable. In addition to purely medical aspects other …

11/21/2008

Products meet international medical device regulations

Well-known wipes manufacturer, Pal International Ltd, which produces various healthcare disinfectant and cleaning wipes, is launching a new range of healthcare wipes, all …

11/21/2008

Try the 'most powerful wipe ever created'

UK firm Gama Healthcare, manufacturer of antimicrobial wet wipes under the Clinell brand, is introducing its full range at this year's show. …

11/17/2008

Meiko's TopClean 60 is a multiwasher

Meiko is now marketing TopClean 60, an ultra-hygienic machine that the firm calls a 'multiwasher' because it is an appliance for practically everything that must be a cleaned and …

11/17/2008

Touch-less hand disinfection

Saraya, the 50-year-old Japanese hygiene products specialist, is presenting the revised version of model UD 1000 - of which 150,000 have been sold worldwide. …

10/28/2008

The sense of health statistics

Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, …

10/28/2008

Warning for hospital cleaners: 'Don't over-dilute disinfectants!'

USA - Bacteria can survive weak solutions of some disinfectants, by ridding their systems of the cleaning chemicals and thus boosting their resistance, which causes greater …

10/28/2008

Europe's unequal healthcare

Christian Pruszinsky reports from the 11th European Health Forum Gastein in Austria: `Achieving the level of healthcare of the older EU member states will remain a long-term …

10/27/2008

First European University Hospital - a viable proposition

In line of the MCC Hospital World 2008, the International Congress for Decision Makers in the Hospital Market, that took place in September in Berlin, Germany, several highly …

09/30/2008

Scrub the scrubs

For several year, experts have been deploring the lack of physicians' and healthcare workers' attention to hand hygiene and equipment sterilisation. Now, hospital clothes are also …

09/26/2008

New ingredient in paints kills superbugs

Scientists found out that particles of titanium dioxide, which is e.g. contained in the white lines at tennis courts, can kill bacteria and destroy dirt when activated by …

09/25/2008

New e-learning tool for NHS employees

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) from UK installed a new educational programm on the internet called eHealth. The courses are free of charge for employees from the National …

09/17/2008

Personalise healthcare!

The Old Dominion University in Virginia and Regensburg University Medical Center in Germany are jointly organizing an international conference to discuss recent advances and …

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