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Robotic Hospital Bed Washing

October 24, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

DTU Robots Clean Hospital Beds
Slowly, hospitals are turning to robotic solutions—tugs for delivering supplies, self-driving wheelchairs and gurneys, automated pharmacies [MORE]

Special note: Candida auris

June 6, 2017 | | Posted in Newsletter

Candida auris in Petri Dish
Special note:
“A Catastrophic Threat,” Candida auris. MORE
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“SwabCap” Reduces Catheter-Use Infections

June 14, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Swab Cap
Recalling the old saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, the “luer-lok,” between [MORE]

Hand Washing with Room Temperature Plasma

May 11, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

Plasma Hand Sanitizer
One might not expect a researcher from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (Garching, Germany) to [MORE]

Cell-Cultured Vaccines

January 19, 2010 | | Posted in Newsletter

The H1N1 pandemic may precipitate a fundamental change in the way influenza vaccines are produced.  Normally, flu virus for [MORE]

Telemonitoring for Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia

June 2, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Hospitals everywhere wrestle with the problem of ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) in their intensive care units.  At the University of  [MORE]

Sanitizing Robots

March 24, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Strenis Disinfectant Robot
Several hospitals in the UK and Europe are employing “Sterinis” robots to sanitize patient areas.  One robot sprays [MORE]

Supramolecular Plaster

March 3, 2009 | | Posted in Newsletter

Nano Plaster
Researchers at the Wuhan University’s College of Chemistry and Molecular Science in China have developed an antibacterial plaster that [MORE]