Friday, March 29, 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.

Smart disinfection technology in the spotlight

Smart disinfection technology in the spotlight

HEQ looks at smart disinfection technology which may help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the launch of a number of...
Bedding, laundry, and infection prevention

Bedding, laundry, and infection prevention

HEQ examines the role of bedlinen handling and correct laundering practices to help with halting the spread of infection. Bedlinen represents a commonly overlooked vector...
Warewashing and decontamination for infection control

Warewashing and decontamination for infection control

HEQ explores cleaning protocols for communal care equipment. Much of the focus of infection control reporting has been on the public-facing areas of hospitals and...
What happened to mobile tracking in the UK?

What happened to mobile tracking in the UK?

HEQ explores the failure to launch the NHS Track and Trace app. One key challenge for policymakers and healthcare authorities in countries affected by the...
Exploring applications of ultraviolet disinfection technology

Exploring applications of ultraviolet disinfection technology

HEQ explores some real-world applications of ultraviolet disinfection technology. UVC light energy in the germicidal wavelength range between 200nm and 280nm has an array of...
COVID-19: UV radiation and infection control

COVID-19: UV radiation and infection control

Ultraviolet radiation may be a key component in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The tactical application of ultraviolet (UV) radiation to disinfect surfaces, objects, water...
Point of care technologies in focus

Point of care technologies in focus

Can digital innovation boost infection control, treatment and testing at the point of care? The response of healthcare systems and policymakers to the COVID-19 pandemic...
Air quality and infection control: airborne infection in hospitals

Air quality and infection control

How can we minimise the risk of airborne infection in hospitals and at home? On average, people in the UK and much of Europe spend...
Control the spread of COVID-19 infection with Reaction Nine Ltd

Control the spread of COVID-19 infection with Reaction Nine Ltd

A shift in consciousness is needed to prevent and control the spread of infection. The current pandemic has turned the world as we know it...
Lessons from Europe: test and trace can prevent second COVID-19 wave

Lessons from Europe: test and trace can prevent second COVID-19 wave

As a leading technology partner to the Italian government, Sara Mintrone, Head of Product Management at Dedalus, highlights how Italy’s approach to testing and...
Is COVID-19 PPE contributing to the spread of resistant pathogens?

Is COVID-19 PPE contributing to the spread of resistant pathogens?

Health Europa speaks to infection control expert, Dr Jennie Wilson, to discuss high standard infection prevention and control practices, and whether current practices could...

Epidemiological data: re-examining infection control practices 

A large population-level study has revealed an unacceptable risk of infection following transvaginal and transrectal ultrasound procedures. Nanosonics is intent on ensuring that vulnerable...
An holistic solution for mobile diagnostics – from sourcing to point of care

A holistic solution for mobile diagnostics – from sourcing to point of care

Diagnostics and analysis specialist firm iSTOC offers innovative testing protocols for all major infectious diseases. ISTOC’s Immediate Diagnostic and Analysis Platform digitalises and analyses lateral...
SleepAngel Medical: soft surfaces in the chain of cross-infection

SleepAngel Medical: soft surfaces in the chain of cross-infection

Coronavirus cannot enter pillows and mattresses that are equipped with SleepAngel PneumaPure filters. Silver Türk (PhD, medical microbiology) explains the infection control benefits of...
COVID-19 and effective cohorting: rapid point of care triage testing

COVID-19 and effective cohorting: rapid point of care triage testing

FebriDx® rapid point of care triage testing can help prevent the spread of infection and reduce risk in clinical settings. The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...
“Metabar’s products and services are game-changing”

“Metabar’s products and services are game-changing”

Metabar founder and CTO & Design Jarmo Lehtonen tells HEQ about game-changing smart washing technology. Metabar Technology Oy develops and produces intelligent cleantech solutions like...
Ensuring high quality PPE for proper infection control

Ensuring high quality PPE for proper infection control

In this article, Stephane Gobron, engineering consultant and freelance medical writer at Kolabtree, the freelance platform for scientists, explores three ways freelancers can help...
Operating room air quality and risks including COVID-19

Operating room air quality and risks including COVID-19

Exploring the risks of reopening operating rooms under the shadow of COVID-19 with Sue Barnes, RN, CIC, FAPIC, Infection Prevention Consultant. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which...
COVID-19 and the protection of frontline nurses

EFN: COVID-19 and the protection of frontline nurses

What can the implementation of the 2010 EU Directive on Sharp Injuries teach us about preventing COVID-19 infection in nurses in clinical settings? Florence Nightingale’s...
Breastfeeding unlikely to pass COVID-19 to babies

Breastfeeding unlikely to give COVID-19 to babies

A new, observational study has demonstrated that it is unlikely mothers will pass COVID-19 to their newborn babies through breastfeeding if they take correct...

Featured Special Reports

Health Special Reports

Health eBooks

Health Partners

Pin It on Pinterest