Thursday, March 28, 2024

Infection Control News

Health Europa brings you the latest Infection Control News from across the field of European Health & Social Care. We take a look into the disciplines concerned in the prevention of health-associated infection.

uvc disinfection luminaires

Exploring the advantages of UVC disinfection

LED Direct is committed to leveraging UVC radiation in the global fight against COVID-19. At LED Direct we supply LED lighting and smart home products...
Revolutionising ozone disinfection as a state-of-the-art technology

Revolutionising ozone disinfection as a state-of-the-art technology

STERISAFE deploys the most advanced ozone technology for room decontamination and surface disinfection. Though discussions regarding ozone as a disinfection method may seem relatively new,...
Engineering healthy buildings with UVC LEDs in a post-COVID-19 world

Engineering healthy buildings with UVC LEDs in a post-COVID-19 world

UVC LEDs provide effective, efficient disinfection of air, water and the high-touch surfaces where they are most needed. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the worldwide...
Infection prevention and control in the workplace

Infection prevention and control in the workplace

Get Ready sets a standard for integrated resilience. For over 12 years, Get Ready has developed IPAC and infectious disease outbreak programmes for hospitals and...
New interoperable, EU-wide track and trace gateway implemented    

New interoperable, EU-wide track and trace gateway implemented    

The European Commission has implemented an EU-wide interoperable ‘gateway’ linked to contact tracing and warning apps. To break the chain of COVID-19 infections across borders...
New angle in hard surface disinfection

New angle in hard surface disinfection

MoonBeam™3 Disinfection Technology©: UVC technology adds assurance to patient outcomes. Evidence indicates many frequently touched surfaces are not cleaned consistently in healthcare environments. Unfortunately, data...
Reducing antimicrobial resistance with copper

Reducing antimicrobial resistance with copper

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing issue across the globe, and one company is addressing its burden on healthcare through the innovative use of copper. The...
Researchers provide recommendations to fix England’s test and trace

Researchers provide recommendations to fix England’s test and trace

Health researchers have provided a series of recommendations to fix the struggling test, trace, and isolate system in England. The researchers from the University College...
Herd immunity a ‘dangerous fallacy’ according to researchers

Herd immunity a ‘dangerous fallacy’ according to researchers

Herd immunity is a ‘dangerous fallacy’ according to 80 researchers who have penned an open letter published in The Lancet. The researchers warn that a...
The benefits of DuPont Tedlar PVF films for healthcare applications

The benefits of DuPont Tedlar PVF films for healthcare applications

DuPont Tedlar PVF films offer unique, durable surface protection with exceptional chemical resistance and cleanability. The global healthcare sector is one of the largest and...
Mandatory, touch-free workplace hand sanitisation

Mandatory, touch-free workplace hand sanitisation

Steriloc is a cost effective, efficient, robust, and environmentally friendly automatic hand sanitisation system which enables staff, customers, visitors or students to ensure they...
Infection Prevention – invest into health and avoid paying for disease

Infection Prevention – invest into health and avoid paying for disease

HARTMANN GROUP has developed a new programme to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections. Healthcare-associated infections have been a challenge before the COVID-19 pandemic and they...
Could wearable technology improve infection control in care homes?

Could wearable technology improve infection control in care homes?

A new trial is to take place in care homes across the UK to see if wearable digital devices can help reduce COVID-19 infections...
Rapid bedside testing may improve hospital infection control

Rapid bedside testing may improve hospital infection control

A new study has shown that rapid bedside testing reduces the wait time for results and can improve infection control in hospitals. The international study,...
UK strengthens protection of frontline workers in preparation for winter

UK strengthens protection of frontline workers in preparation for winter

Frontline workers in the UK will now have access to an uninterrupted supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) whilst treating COVID-19 patients. The Government has...
Study links COVID-19 care home outbreaks to independent infections

Study links COVID-19 care home outbreaks to independent infections

A new study has suggested that COVID-19 care home outbreaks in England, UK, were caused by multiple independent infections as well as within care...
Assessment shows need to ramp up COVID-19 response efforts in Europe

Assessment shows need to ramp up COVID-19 response efforts in Europe

A new risk assessment undertaken by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has shown that the EU needs to ramp up its...
Alder Hey teams up with Brilliant Masks to stop spread of COVID-19

Alder Hey teams up with Brilliant Masks to stop spread of COVID-19

Clinicians at Alder Hey in Liverpool have teamed up with Brilliant Masks to design and produce a face covering that meets the highest industry...
Government announces plan to protect care homes over winter

Government announces plan to protect care homes over winter

The UK Government has announced a new adult social care winter plan that aims to stop the spread of COVID-19 infections across care homes...
Care providers to receive extra £546m for winter infection control

Care providers to receive extra £546m for winter infection control

The government has announced that care providers across the UK will receive an extra £546m in infection control funding in order to protect residents...

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