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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- 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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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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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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