Following a year that’s put lots of stress and strain on healthcare systems and ignited conversations around hospital capacity, Penn Medicine is introducing a brand-new medical equipment sterilization ...

IN some hospitals very little consideration is given to the cleanliness and sterility of anesthesia equipment, especially the parts that come into contact with the respiratory system. Crossinfection ...

Sterilizing equipment, a critical aspect of modern medical care, can be accomplished by bombarding the equipment and its packaging with a beam of electrons or X-rays derived from a particle ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - We've seen the desperate pleas from healthcare workers for personal protection equipment they need to save lives. "I feel like a sheep going to slaughter," said one hospital ...

The effects of failure to properly sterilize equipment are well documented, and it’s clear that these processes are crucial both for broad infection control and the wellbeing of individual patients. 2 ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Radiation is an effective and established tool to ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Hospitals in Massachusetts will soon be getting a massive machine that is capable of sterilizing as many as 80,000 N95 masks in a single day. RELATED: Coronavirus cases in Mass. could ...

Surgical equipment sterilization is a role that's hot on the job market, yet few actually know about it. With less than a year of training, young workers can jump-start their careers without debt.

ATLANTA, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Emory Healthcare has plans to purchase seven new machines to sanitize masks, gowns, hoods and other protective equipment so they can be reused in the battle ...

A man uses a ultraviolet sterilizing machine cleaning a library book he rents at Narimasu library in Itabashi district in Tokyo, Japan. Reuters TOKYO – Libraries in Japan are hoping a machine that ...

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