New Technology Targets Germs on Surfaces
Two germ-fighting inventions that were years in the making are now in demand since the COVID pandemic began. Matt Dibble has a look. This...
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Brian Wind
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
Stark Doctor Invents Pen Sanitizer
There's always been a certain ickiness to a community pen. Whether tethered to a tiny chain at the bank or attached to a clipboard at the...
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TechOhio
- Oct 1, 2020
- 1 min
Canton Ophthalmologist Creates Pen-Cleaning Device Using UV Light
How Steri-Write uses cutting-edge sanitation tech to clean pens used in healthcare settings When you sign in at the doctor’s office, have...
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Brian Wind
- Mar 24, 2020
- 1 min
SCIENTIFICALLY TESTED & PROVEN
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By Amanda Garrett Beacon Journal
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
Invention to help stop spread of germs stalled by coronavirus
Dr. Brian Wind, an ophthalmologist with offices in North Canton and Massillon, seemed to have perfect timing. A device he began working...
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Brian Wind
- Jul 25, 2019
- 6 min
Do the pens used by nursing students in clinics cause bacterial contamination?
Health professionals and their medical equipment have long been known to act as vectors of infectious diseases.
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Brian Wind
- Jun 12, 2019
- 1 min
Community Pen as a Potential Health Hazard
Jerome Berkman wrote about the ‘community pen’ as a potential health hazard in relation to outbreaks of communicable diseases. “The...
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Harshad Shankarlal Patel , Parul C. Patel
- May 11, 2019
- 3 min
Study of Bacterial Colonization of Mobile Phones and Writing Pens of Doctors and Nurses in Surgical
Mobile phones and writing pens of health care worker can harbor nosocomial microorganisms. Cross sectional study was done to find out microo
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Gary French, Diana Rayner, Marie Branson
- May 3, 2019
- 1 min
Contamination of doctors’ and nurses’ pens with nosocomial pathogens
In this study, “36 pens were tested from six wards affected with MRSA, and 9 of them (25%) were contaminated by the pathogen. The...
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Brian Wind
- May 1, 2019
- 1 min
What Does a Pen Carry? Are You Aware?
“100 writing pens used by health care workers were screened for the presence of bacteria. Result: Bacteria were isolated from 53 pens of...
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TJ Bramley - tbramley@navigantconsulting.com
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
Productivity Losses Related to the Common Cold
Productivity Losses Related to the Common Cold, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, September 2002; 44(9):822-9...
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