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Gadi Borkow

April 25, 2017

Metal ion technologies-What can they kill?

As mentioned in my recent blog, some metals, especially copper and silver, are being used in touchless disinfecting products in medical environments.

Category iconEnvironment Tag iconGadi Borkow,  Environment,  textile,  copper,  metal ion,  what can it kill?

April 18, 2017

Metal ion technologies-How do they work?

Several metals, such as manganese, zinc, magnesium, iron and copper, are essential elements required for the survival and normal function of

Category iconTextile,  Disinfection,  Technology Tag iconhow does it work?,  Gadi Borkow,  Biocide,  copper,  silver,  metal ion

April 3, 2017

How effective are UV or misting technologies?

Chemical fumigation was used in the 1960s to supplement standard environmental surface disinfection in hospital isolation rooms (1). As mentioned in

Category iconTechnology,  Environment,  Infection,  Disinfection Tag iconefficacy,  how effective?,  Gadi Borkow,  Touchless disinfection

March 27, 2017

Touchless Disinfecting- mist and emitting technologies (UV and Hydrogen peroxide)-How do they work?

As discussed in earlier blogs, microorganisms can survive in the environment for long periods of time and it has become clear that eliminating

Category iconEnvironment,  Disinfection,  Technology Tag iconTouchless disinfection,  How do they work?,  Gadi Borkow

January 30, 2017

Publication Alert – New scientific paper review – High diversity of airborne fungi in the hospital environment

In this, the first of a series of mini blogs the Cupron team is going to be reviewing and breaking down a recent publication for you-the

Category iconPublication Alert,  Organism Focus Tag iconGadi Borkow,  Fungi,  Environmental role in infection,  Publication Alert,  Organism focus,  Airborne

January 16, 2017

How effective is manual cleaning in hospitals?

Hospital cleaning depends on many factors, such as the frequencies, methodology and equipment used, monitoring and training of personnel. How these

Category iconEnvironment,  Infection,  Disinfection Tag iconDisinfection,  Effectiveness,  Gadi Borkow,  Cleaning

January 10, 2017

Whats the evidence for hand or glove contamination with nosocomial pathogens after touching environmental surfaces?  

In previous blogs we discussed how surfaces in close proximity to hospitalized patients become contaminated with a range of pathogens (see here). Our

Category iconHand contamination,  Bacteria,  Fungi,  Virus,  Environment Tag iconsoft surfaces,  hand,  glove,  environmental surfaces,  Gadi Borkow,  hard surfaces,  Contamination

January 3, 2017

Review of textiles and environmental soft surfaces as a vector for hospital acquired infections

There has been a rise in the data that supports the environment as one of the important modes of pathogen transmission that contributes significantly

Category iconTextile,  Environment,  Infection Tag iconinfection,  textile,  infection vector,  Gadi Borkow,  Infographic,  soft surfaces

December 28, 2016

Do hard surfaces play a role in the transmission of nosocomial pathogens

As discussed in our previous blogs, surfaces with frequent hand contact and in close proximity to the patients are often the most colonized with

Category iconEnvironment,  Infection Tag iconGadi Borkow,  Hard Surface,  Environmental role in infection

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