Perservation Past & Present
Gels can preserve tissue and bioburden under a tough to remove clear coating. Jurassic Park, the book and movie was based on the notion that mosquitos were so well persevered in amber that dinosaur DNA could be recovered after millions of years. Well, pre-cleaning gels work much the same way, after a short time a sticky skin forms on the gel, trapping the debris beneath and becoming virtually impervious to cleaning. Enter the pre-cleaning gel, easy to use, and convenient, made to prevent soil from drying onto used instruments; is it wet or just an illusion?
The Dirty Truth About Endoscope Processing and What We Can Do To Fix It
There are 54 billion bacterial cells on a single cubic centimeter of the average kitchen sponge. They are breeding grounds for all types of germs and bacteria. A common sponge’s spatial partitioning – the way it’s divided into different sectors of various sizes with a porous absorbent surface – caters to bacteria that prefer isolated environments and those that prefer to be around other organisms as well, making it the best of both worlds for microbial communities...
Skin Health is Important, So is the Passive Seal on Container Surfaces
When I was a teenager, I didn’t know how to protect my skin from the sun. I used a visor to capture the sun’s rays and baby oil to bronze and darken my skin to get a deep tan. It was what all my friends did.
The No Rinse Thing Freaks Me Out!
“If you don't rinse your dishes after washing them, you'll still have food residue and bacteria on them. Plus, you've mixed the residue of ALL your dishes together. So if one of them had something bad on it, now they all do.”
Perservation Past & Present
Gels can preserve tissue and bioburden under a tough to remove clear coating. Jurassic Park, the book and movie was based on the notion that mosquitos were so well persevered in amber that dinosaur DNA could be recovered after millions of years. Well, pre-cleaning gels work much the same way, after a short time a sticky skin forms on the gel, trapping the debris beneath and becoming virtually impervious to cleaning. Enter the pre-cleaning gel, easy to use, and convenient, made to prevent soil from drying onto used instruments; is it wet or just an illusion?
Using quality metrics to reduce healthcare infections
The federal government has penalized 774 hospitals for having the highest rates of patient infections or other potentially avoidable medical complications. The patient safety penalties cost hospitals 1 percent of Medicare payments over the federal fiscal year (Oct to Sept)...
