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Public health is the scientific, political and sociological approach by a society to maximise the health of the population through disease preventaion and mainenance of healthy life-styles. The main...

Bone morphogenetic protein rhBMP

Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2) is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for anterior lumbar interbody fusion and for acute open tibial fractures; rhBMP-7, on the other hand, is approved...

A groundbreaking approach to hand hygiene compliance.

For the first time ever, healthcare workers can exceed FDA Healthcare Personnel Handwash efficacy requirements with a single, 1.1mL pump of PURELL® Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer from our new GOJO®...

Fire Danger From Hand Sanitizer

Young girl is treated for severe burns after the alcohol in the hand sanitizer on her hands caught fire.

PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer Receives Travelers Choice Award from TripAdvisor

The TripAdvisor travel site announces the winners of its second annual Travelers' Choice® Awards for Travel Favorites. PURELL Advanced Hand Sanitizer was selected by TripAdvisor travelers as the best...

Contaminated Kleenex-brand Hand Sanitizer Poses Serious Risk for People with Weakened Immune Systems

Kimberly-Clark Professional Corporation is voluntarily recalling Kleenex-brand Luxury Foam Hand Sanitizer due to microbial contamination. Product testing undertaken by the company detected bacteria th...

New Independent Lab Studies Reveal That PURELL® Advanced Instant Hand Sanitizer Is the Only One to Meet FDA Germ Kill Requirements in a Single 1.2 mL Dispense(1-4)

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GOJO Industries announced today the results of a series of independent lab studies testing the ability of instant hand sanitizers to meet FDA Healthcare...

90% of Canadian Healthcare Workers Not Compliant With Hand Hygiene, Electronic Data Show

Data from 10 million hand hygiene events using electronic monitoring technology revealed for the first time that 9 out of 10 healthcare workers currently access hand sanitizer using only one dose from...

Hand sanitizer may have ignited hospital fire that hurt girl, 11

Hand sanitizer ignited by static electricity is being investigated as the potential source of a hospital fire that severely burned an 11-year-old Oregon cancer patient, officials said Tuesday. No caus...

Novel Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizer Gets Hands Ready to Help Fight the Flu

Hands First, a non-alcohol hand sanitizer, that protects for 3 hours is the perfect solution for fighting the flu. Nixa, MO (PRWEB) September 26, 2012 According to the Centers for Disease Control (CD...

False-positive ethyl glucuronide immunoassay screening caused by a propyl alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

Urine ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is considered as a specific marker of recent ethanol consumption. We describe false-positive DRI(®) EIA EtG enzyme immunoassay results caused by propyl glucuronides in u...

Video observation of hand hygiene practices at a petting zoo and the impact of hand hygiene interventions.

SUMMARYPetting zoos are popular attractions, but can also be associated with zoonotic disease outbreaks. Hand hygiene is critical to reducing disease risks; however, compliance can be poor. Video obse...

Efficacy of adding detergents to sanitizer solutions for inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on Romaine lettuce.

Numerous Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreaks have been linked to consumption of fresh lettuce. The development of effective and easily implemented wash treatment could reduce such incidents. The purpos...

A Review of Class I and Class II Pet Food Recalls Involving Chemical Contaminants from 1996 to 2008.

Commercial pet food in USA is generally safe, but adulteration does occur. Adulterated food has to be recalled to protect pets and public health. All stakeholders, including food firms, distributors,...

Strength of the relationships between three self-reported dietary intake instruments and serum carotenoids: the Observing Energy and Protein Nutrition (OPEN) Study.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the strength of the relationships between serum carotenoids and three self-reported dietary intake instruments often used to characterize carotenoid intake in studies of diet and...