What are the factors that affect the disinfection effect?

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When disinfecting (sterilization), in addition to paying attention to the nature and characteristics of the disinfection method itself, it is also necessary to pay attention to the influence of the use method and external factors on the disinfection effect. Regardless of the toxic method used, the disinfection effect will be affected by many factors. The…

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Peak season of Noro virus

Norovirus prevention tips

Recently, there have been frequent occurrences of collective events such as norovirus causing gastrointestinal inflammation. How to prevent the arrival of Norovirus? Entering autumn and winter, it is the high season of infectious diseases such as hand, foot and mouth disease, influenza and noro. The campus is a key place. Students are susceptible people. It…

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How to choose the right hand sanitizer?

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Recently, parents of a kindergarten in Shenzhen found that spots and fading on their children’s clothes were suspected of being corroded. The children also said that the water used in kindergarten washing was smelly. After consultation with parents, it was learned that the kindergarten used a strong disinfectant powder to wash the hands of the…

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Different hand sanitizers‘s effect on SSI

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The US Food and Drug Administration recommends surgical hand disinfection products to significantly reduce microbes on intact skin, non-irritating, broad-spectrum antibacterial effects, rapid and long-lasting effects, and common surgical hand preparation products are ethanol, chlorhexidine and Povidone iodine. Ethanol has been used for skin disinfection for more than 150 years and is the most effective…

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How to monitor the hand hygiene effect?

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Normative requirements: “Medical staff hand hygiene standards” 2009: 1. The hand disinfection effect should meet the following requirements: a) Sanitary hand cleaning, the total number of bacterial colonies monitored should be ≤10cfu/cm2 b) Surgical hand disinfection, the total number of bacterial colonies monitored should be ≤ 5cfu/cm2 2. Concept of sanitary hand disinfection and surgical…

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Hand hygiene during travel: antibacterial accessories

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When traveling, you should follow certain rules to have good hand hygiene. Thus, you will avoid 90% of the diseases that the traveler catches abroad. The turista is not a fatality! The rules are simple: drink bottled water, eat well-cooked food and … wash your hands. Yes, this step that your parents taught you as…

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10 tips for Disease prevention and hygiene during travelling

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The majority of travel-related illnesses are nausea, diarrhea, fever and dermatological problems. In all these cases, preventive measures are particularly effective. If only clean foods and drinks are consumed, you minimize the risk of intestinal infections caused by known infectious agents. 10 tips for disease prevention and hygiene during travelling: Do not eat anything that can…

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Tips for national holiday travelling

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National Day holiday seven days, many people plan to travel, it is a pleasure to go out to play, but you have to pay attention, the National Day travel should also pay attention to health care, clothing, food and shelter must be fully prepared, so that you can play healthy, do not let some emergencies…

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Airport security bins carry more germs than the toilets

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According to the results of a new study published by Finnish and British researchers, half of plastic airport security bins may carry viruses that cause respiratory infections. The study, published last week in the BioMed Central Infectious Diseases journal, tested swabs from surface samples of the plastic bins at Helsinki Airport that were taken at…

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The Central Military Hospital celebrates World Hand Hygiene Day

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Within the framework of World Hand Hygiene Day, the Central Military Hospital celebrated this date with the Entity’s visitors and collaborators, practicing the correct way to disinfect their hands. Bogotá D.C., May 5, 2019. – Within the framework of World Hand Hygiene Day, the Central Military Hospital committed to biosecurity sensitized the medical, administrative and…

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