Researchers Present ‘a Novel, Automated, Efficient Environmental Disinfection Technology That Significantly Reduces C. difficile, VRE and MRSA Contamination’

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12, 2009 — In a study presented at the 49th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), researchers used a mobile, automated UV device to decontaminate hospital rooms at the Cleveland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Ohio and analyzed i…

New Antimicrobial Webs Sterilize Medical Implants for 14 Days

Nanofiber hydrogel scaffolds extend protection of silver nitrate

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2009 — Treatment of hospital-related infections in the U.S. costs up to $11 billion a year and about half of those infections are related to medical devices implanted in patients. Until now, efforts to co…