Columbia University study shows Far UVC improves indoor air quality.
The National Library of Medice has put together a fantasitc resource highlighing the dose rates required to inactivate a variety of pathogens. Conculsions point out that its possible to be effective within safety limits!
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We now have some clarification of standards and to measure output using our Care222 devices! The upcoming release of ANSI RP-27.1-22 has designated a new method of how to assess output and ensure that our devices do not exceed the Threshold Limit Values (TLV).
The White House supports Far UV 222nm as part of its Clean Air Building Challenge!
Finally! We get some real world explanation of TLVs (Threshold Limit Values) and effects on eye radiation using 222 nm technology. A recently published article by the Council for Optical Radiation Measurements titled "Expected ACGIH Eye Exposure When Using 222 nm Ceiling Mounted Sources" gives some vital updates all 222nm users and future users should be aware of.
Could Far UV-C (222) help the fight against not only Covid-19 and its many variants, but Monkeypox as well? The answer is yes, yes it can. This article from Biospace.com explains Far UV-C and how it inactivates pathogens. Being that Monkeypox...
For decades, UV-C wavelengths of light have been used to disinfect everything from water to walls. In more recent years 254 nm wavelengths of UV-C light have been the standard in the fight against pathogens. However, there is a...
UVC Cleaning Systems Inc. is happy to announce that the bulb life of our Far Field 222 modules has exceeded expectations running for more than 11,000 hours in testing!
https://www.newsweek.com/best-infection-prevention-products-2021
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UVC Cleaning Systems Supports COVID-19 Safety at Lumia Dental
Check out the link below to read how UVC Cleaning Systems helps stop the spread of COVID-19 at a Skilled Nursing Facility!
https://www.michigansthumb.com/news/article/Tuscola-County-Medical-Care-Facility-s-fight-15221382.php
Look Out! 2018 APIC Conference in Minneapolis Minnesota is going to be a blast! UVC Cleaning Systems is excited to be making a splash and offering our products to the over 2500 clinical attendees.
In todays age, people are working around the clock, literally. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics roughly 7 million Americans work the night shift. With such a large nocturnal population, people should be aware of the additional susceptibility to the risk of infection.
A new study published by the University of Cambridge found that the body clock affected the ability of viruses to replicate and speed between cells.
When mentioning the topic of infectious diseases and how they have affected the population over the last century, most people would be surprised to learn that the number of deaths caused by infectious disease is similar today to the number it was 60 years ago. According to a report recently published in the journal of the American Medical Association, infectious disease accounted for 5.4 percent of deaths from
In the past number of years, it seems that we have become complacent to expecting the new global threat to arise. Just recently we all coped with how to deal with the effects of the Zika virus. Now, a new multi-drug resistant infection that can...
A recent study published in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined the impact that C. diff infections have on the patient population. Utilizing data from a population-based cohort study among US adults, researchers found that that each year c. diff infections nearly double the patient cost and mortality chances.
The integration of “clean teams” has been a popular inclusive environmental services approach. The team includes personnel from infection control, environmental service . . .
Scientist at Harvard Medical School have embarked on a quest to provide a large-scale glimpse into the maneuvers of bacteria as the encounter increasingly higher doses of antibiotics and adapt to survive them. For the first time ever, teams of...
Environmental Service Professionals (EVS) are on an ongoing mission trying to achieve optimal cleaning practices. The goal of this mission is clear and many EVS staff are
In the past decade, the number of multi-drug resistant pathogens have increased, yet many environmental service professionals methods of cleaning have remained stagnant. EVS professionals are well aware of the risk of
The White House has backed a plan to fight superbugs — via the tracking of infections, faster tests and new drugs — and has asked Congress for $1.2 billion over five years to implement the program. If successful, the CDCs efforts...
Infection Prevention is not a single solution. Experts agree that surface contamination is one of the key factors that play a role in pathogen transmission. However, traditional methods of cleaning by environmental staff have been proven to be inadequate. The reason for this often varies based on education and resources available.
As students and staff head into back to school season, it’s not just the curriculum that’s on their mind. In the past year, it seems like the number of outbreaks has increased greatly, especially those linked to Norovirus and other dangerous pathogens.
Medicare measures the readmission rates of seven conditions: heart attacks, heart failure, pneumonia, chronic lung disease, hip and knee replacements and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Fines are determined by comparing current rates to...
One of the most challenging transitions a patient will face is being discharged from the hospital and going to a skilled nursing facility. One fifth of the patients discharged from acute care hospitals are sent to one of the nations 15,000 skilled nursing facilities. According to a new report, skilled nursing facilities will need to address the “Protecting Access to Medicare Act” that starts to take effect in 2018.
The largest epidemic going on inside hospitals and other health care facilities is controlling the infection MRSA. The staph bug causing these infections resists treatment and because it attacks so many people with weakened immune systems, hospital-acquired MRSA accounts for the vast majority of fatal MRSA infections.
The Ohio department of health was notified on Monday 7/18/16 about the outbreak of Norovirus among staffers at the Republican National Convention. All of those affected are staying at the Kalahari resort in Sandusky, Oh, about 60 miles away from...
A recent outbreak of bacterial meningitis recently occurred at the Life Time Fitness Day Camp in Rochester Hills, MI between July 1 and July 11, 2016 with 219 children ages 5-12 being exposed (Steckroth, 2016). Bacterial meningitis is an...
Searching for the root cause of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) is an ongoing and never ending activity. The truth is that there is very little clinical data existing proving the efficacy of cleaning practices. Among the 80 published studies...
UVC devices have been used for successful disinfection of air and surfaces in multiple industries, more specifically the healthcare industry. However, with the use of these devices it has been often noticed that there is a residual odor after...
In the United States, hospitals are in the business of providing healthcare to over 35 million inpatients and performing over 51 million procedures annually. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 5-10% of patients get a...
72 million Americans live in rural areas, and yet there are only 2,000 rural community hospitals in the United States. These facilities face the challenges of remote location, small size, limited staffing, and limited financial resources. Rural hospitals are vital to American health care and should be a significant source of concern to enforce patient safety.
“In the 1970s and 1980s the transmission of pathogens from healthcare surfaces to susceptible patients was thought to be insignificant” (CDC). However more recent studies show surfaces in patient’s rooms play a pivotal role in the...
UVC Cleaning Systems Inc is partnering up with Hospital Safety Solutions to attend the APIC 2016 Annual Conference. The conference featuring the latest breakthroughs and best practices in infection prevention will be held in Charlotte,...
For the first time in the United States, researchers at the Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network (MRSN) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) found a person carrying bacteria that is resistant to the...
Next week, Monday May 30th through Wednesday June 1st, our distributor Cytomed will be showing UVC Cleaning Systems devices at the upcoming Building Healthcare Middle East Exhibition and Conferences in Dubai. The event is the...
In an ongoing investigation last year more than 7,300 patients at a San Diego-area hospital may have been exposed to contaminated medications. Although many believe healthcare associated infections only come from hospitals, the...
Each year healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) affect thousands of lives and cost healthcare systems billions of dollars. Proper cleaning and disinfection in healthcare environments are the key component in preventing the spread of infection and...
From Quaker Oats Company issuing a voluntary recall due to Listeria on one of their products this week to Chipotle's ongoing food safety and E. coli issues in the last year, disease outbreaks in the food industry have become...
Antibiotic resistant bacteria has become an increasing concern for doctors, patients, and public health on a global scale. In the United States alone, thousands of deaths occur each year and over 2 million people acquire...
Infectious disease disasters have plagued mankind throughout the course of human history. Millions have suffered and died from pandemics such as influenza, Ebloa, rotaviruses, coronaviruses such as SARS, and many more. Yet, according to...
Each year there are numerous pathogen outbreaks in a variety of communities. The first steps in infection control strategies are reduction and elimination of the pathogen. UVC Cleaning Systems technology can be extremely effective in aiding...
On Tuesday May 3rd, 2016 CRF Frozen Foods announced a voluntary recall of 42 brands of frozen fruits and veggies due to products being potentially contaminated with listeria. Since then, 358 products under those 42 different brands have been flagged...
As one of the leading causes of death in the United States, healthcare associated infections are a top priority for infection control in healthcare facilities. However, the rate of infectious pathogens and bacteria still continues to increase....
Last week, April 20th to the 21st, UVC Cleaning Systems attended the 2016 Rural Health Association Conference held in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The event was focused around the growth and facilitation of healthcare throughout rural counties. With a...
It is previously known that super bacteria, otherwise known as superbugs, can be spread through direct contact in healthcare settings. Even with infection control implementations in hospitals, patients and staff still contribute to the transmission...
Recently, throughout the Midwestern United States there has been an outbreak of the bacteria Elizabethkingia anophelis. The current outbreak in Wisconsin has resulted in 56 confirmed cases and 17 deaths. The bacteria has also been...
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in the United States, causing an estimated 100,000 infections yearly. C. diff is a bacterium that causes colitis and can infect people through...
Summary: Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals in the United States are infected with Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs).With updated infection technology, including UVC disinfecting, these numbers can be greatly reduced and in...
Throughout the world, hundreds of millions of patients are affected every year with healthcare associated infections (HCAIs). According to WHO, "the burden of HCAI is several fold higher in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income...
Each year tens of thousands of individuals around the world die from antibiotic resistant infections. The impending threat of these super bacteria and their resistance to chemicals and antibiotics has recently caused the World Health...
'Super Bacteria' has become the coined term for bacteria that have developed new defenses against antibiotics. The main cause of this is primarily an increased and overuse of antibiotics for a variety of bacterial...
Health care workers perform manual cleaning and disinfection using chemicals to routinely clean medical devices and equipment throughout patient rooms. However with the quick turnover rate and many hard to reach areas, numerous spaces may be...
Hygiene is extremely important in reducing the spread of bacteria and pathogens in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Currently, all healthcare facilities throughout the United States must follow cleaning guidelines,...
UVC infection technology has reached new heights! The Boeing Company, one of the largest global manufacturers of airplanes, is using ultraviolet light to zap microbes in their new self cleaning restrooms. The UV lights clean the lavatories...
As numbers in health care associated infections (HCAI’s), multi-drug resistant organisms, and environmental concerns continue to increase, UVC disinfection devices have become more prevalent in infection control markets. Hospitals,...
UVC Cleaning Systems was proud to present the M20 Handcart model at the AHE Exchange 2015 conference on September 20-23 in Grapevine TX. The M20 handcart is tailored made for the EVS market with demanding transportation requirements. Over 600...
UVC Cleaning Systems is proud to announce contracted services and leasing with Diamond Restoration of Nashville TN. Diamond Restoration is a full service environmental cleaning and restoration company that offers ultraviolet C germicidal irradiation...
UVC Cleaning Systems has signed on Hospital Safety Solutions LLC. to sell our products in Eastern Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland. Hospital Safety Solutions has a complete line of UVC disinfection...
UVC Cleaning Systems exhibited at the Three Rivers APIC chapter for their “Infection Prevention: Spreading the Knowledge” Conference held on October 2, 2015 in Canonsburg PA. We are excited to support the local healthcare network and the...
UVC Cleaning Systems will be presenting this week at the OR Managers show October 7-9 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville TN. We are located in booth 1122 with Hospital Safety Solutions. We will be presenting our W15-120 models and M20-120 models....
UVC Cleaning Systems launches with Infection Control Today 7/10/15 Newsletter
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