What exactly is infection control? According to the CDC, infection control measures are actions taken to prevent or stop the spread of infections within a healthcare setting. Infection Control and Prevention measures contribute to making the hospital environment as safe as possible for both patients and staff. These measures include an evaluation of how infections […]
IMAEC Medntek’s disinfecting wipes and body wipes Germs are everywhere. They generally concentrate on high-touch surfaces like desks, kitchen tops, doorknobs, handrails, and lift doors. Germs are invisible to the human eye, grow very fast, and can live on any surface. Germs are one of the main causes of to spread of illness. Though germ […]
Importance of medical instrument reprocessing: The critical factors of hospital infection control efforts are sterilisation and disinfection. Various surgical procedures are performed every day at a number of hospitals. Various health care facilities are doing an increasing number of invasive operations. During numerous procedures, the clinical device or surgical tool that comes into touch with […]
Difference between mould and mildew: Mildew is a form of mould that is classified as early-stage mould by FEMA. Mildew, like other types of mould, is a microscopic fungus that spreads through the air as tiny spores. Mildew begins to colonise and proliferate when these spores drop in moist or humid conditions. Mildew, unlike mould, […]
Safety of medical devices: A medical device is defined as “an instrument apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related object, including a component part or accessory, designed for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man […]
Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces: Cleaning and disinfecting the environment help to avoid the spread of hazardous bacteria. The nature of the object, the type, number, and location of microorganisms, how well the microbes resist physical processes or disinfectants, the presence of organic and inorganic matter, the concentration and effectiveness of a disinfectant, and […]
Surface disinfection’s significance in infection prevention: Since the days of Ignaz Semmelweiss, Florence Nightingale, and Robert Koch, hand hygiene (hand disinfection) has been recognised as critical in the control of diseases. Their scientific and practical work yielded insights that are still relevant today. Surface disinfection or environmental disinfection, in contrast to hand hygiene, has remained […]
The History behind Hand Hygiene: Patients, insurers, governments, and regulatory agencies are all paying more attention to healthcare-associated illnesses. This is attributable not just to the enormity of the problem in terms of morbidity, death, and treatment costs, but also to the rising realisation that the majority of these are preventable. The importance of hand […]
Disinfection Criteria for Operation Theatres: In operation theatres (OTs), microbiological contamination of the air and surroundings is a key risk component for the surgical site and other hospital-associated infections. Hospital-acquired infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with postoperative surgical site infections (SSI) coming in second following urinary tract infections. Infection can come […]
An overview of the Chain of Infection: Infectious diseases are caused by the contact of agent, host, and environment, according to the conventional epidemiologic triad model. Transmission happens when a pathogen leaves its reservoir or host by a portal of exit, is transferred by some route of transmission, and infects a susceptible host through an […]