What is Avian Influenza (H5N1)? Avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu (H5N1), is a highly pathogenic virus that causes influenza in birds and other animals and leads to high mortality rates. First discovered in Italy in 1878 when reports of ...
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How CURIS System Avoids Corrosion and Rust While Ensuring Effective Decontamination When it comes to laboratory bio-decontamination, material compatibility and surface safety are critical factors that can significantly impact your facilit...
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A materials transfer protocol is an essential process of a containment laboratory and or cleanroom environment where the required movement of materials from one classified space to another is performed safely* and efficiently without contaminati...
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The role of disinfectants is pivotal in maintaining contamination control and germ-free facilities. With increasing awareness and demand for effective disinfection methods, particularly due to recent global health concerns, understanding the nuances ...
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Introduction A recent discovery at a South Carolina beef processing plant raised new questions about a poorly understood known for causing swift onset dementia and the buildup of amyloid fibers in the brain that cause Swiss cheese-like damage to hum...
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Are BIs the Validation Tool for You? Biological indicators (BIs) containing Geobacillus stearothermophilus have become a standard and reliable source in the world of high-level disinfection and sterilization. These tools provide valuable information...
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The Changing Landscape, Same Fundamental Needs It’s been a rollercoaster ride since the COVID-19 pandemic first reared its head, but some things remain unchanged. The need for fast, easy, and effective disinfection methods with a reliable supp...
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A Look at Regulatory Compliance for Sporicides There are multiple guidelines in the updated Annex I specifying the use of a sporicidal agent for sterile manufacturing procedures in cleanrooms, isolators, and RABs, but what delineates a sporicidal ag...
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Environmental monitoring is a universal process and has been implemented in many industries, including laboratories, cleanroom pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, the medical device industry, and even hospitals. The samples collected during this...
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The newly revised version of Annex 1 will go into effect in August of 2023. So, what does this mean for your facility’s contamination control strategy (CCS)? A contamination control strategy is a scientifically formulated action plan that is ta...
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In the world of high-level disinfection and biodecontamination, employing the most safe and most efficacious disinfection or sterilization treatment option is paramount to protecting a facility. Hydrogen peroxide has been relied on as a less caustic ...
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This year’s winter season is shaping up to become a Tridemic Cases of RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 are rising. Many hospitals are rapidly filling with patients infected with these respiratory pathogens and are quickly becoming overwhelmed. To...
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In the world of GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, isolators enable sterile, contamination-free environments for sensitive processes such as manufacturing and research of GMP products and processes. They are also used to aid in safe handlin...
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Relieving Burnout While Working in a Lab with CURIS System Devices Emerging viral pathogens and COVID-19 have often shifted our focus away from those who are working in a lab behind the scenes to keep us safe. Laboratory science personnel play a piv...
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Understanding Monkeypox Decontamination A new and emerging viral threat has started to infiltrate countries around the globe. Monkeypox is a virus originating in the West and Central regions of Africa and is known for causing pox-like lesions on a p...
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Non-Critical Medical Items can Harbor Infectious Microbes In recent years, a heavy emphasis has been placed on mitigating nosocomial infections following a consistent spike in cases. Addressing infection control concerns is an important way to find ...
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Aspergillosis and Coronavirus: A correlation has been seen between hospitalized COVID-19 patients and cases of aspergillosis, so much so, that the combination of infections has been given its own terminology.1 The newly-named COVID-19-Associated Pul...
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A recent outbreak of the formidable avian influenza (bird flu) has quickly spread across Europe and the United States, infecting birds both in the wild and those housed in commercial poultry farms. Avian influenza is highly pathogenic to birds yet re...
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While we often hear of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on hospitals, another integral part of the medical infrastructure is frequently overlooked—ambulances and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel. These frontline workers are the bo...
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How is the Omicron COVID Variant affecting facilities? The COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of stopping as the United States recently hit its highest single day of cases at 1,082,549 (John’s Hopkins University). A comparison of how ...
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A New Challenge Emerges While the fight to prevent the spread of COVID-19 continues, a dangerous public health crisis is emerging for a different reason. The COVID-19 Pandemic has been the primary concern of healthcare workers and environmental staf...
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Maintaining a sterile environment is essential for all stages of pharmaceutical development, from research and development to manufacturing for distribution. To maintain hygienic conditions in their facilities and ensure the integrity of their produc...
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If your facility is struggling to keep up with proper disinfection protocols due to a lack of staff, you are not alone. The COVID-19 pandemic has created many challenges for employers, not the least of which is maintaining high levels of disinfection...
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Long before the COVID pandemic, the world was at war with germs and viruses. Just within the last 15 years, people have faced deadly threats from swine flu in 2009, Ebola in 2014-2016, Hepatitis A in 2018, in addition to the yearly influenza season w...
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Over the past year, our headlines have been dominated by COVID-19 and its effects on a global scale. But what if I told you that there is an even deadlier looming threat in healthcare facilities? Fungi can be found almost anywhere, whether ...
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