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U.S. Army Awards $2.73 Million To Synedgen for Development of Molecules That Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Written on 13 May, 2010 at 15:30 in Interest | viewed 989 times | 0 Comments
U.S. Army Awards $2.73 Million To Synedgen for Development of Molecules That Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Synedgen, Inc. has been awarded $2.73 million in funding by the U.S. Army for development of life-saving products and therapies to treat drug-resistant bacteria, particularly those that threaten U.S. troops injured in the battlefield. The award will be used to manufacture... (Continue reading)

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BioVigil Releases Second-Generation Hand Hygiene Monitoring System

Written on 23 Mar, 2010 at 17:30 in Product News | viewed 446 times | 0 Comments
BioVigil Releases Second-Generation Hand Hygiene Monitoring System

BioVigil LLC has released the second generation of the BioVigil hand hygiene monitoring system. The innovative system enables hospitals to more effectively combat Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) by dramatically increasing hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers. HAIs waste over $20-30 billion each... (Continue reading)

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AvidBiotics and Ecolab Working to Develop New Technology Targeting Food Safety in Meat

Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 17:30 in Research | viewed 327 times | 0 Comments
AvidBiotics and Ecolab Working to Develop New Technology Targeting Food Safety in Meat

AvidBiotics Corp. and Ecolab Inc. today announced an agreement under which they will work to develop a new, technology to dramatically reduce the presence of the dangerous pathogen E. coli O157:H7, in red meat products. The companies’ intent is to successfully... (Continue reading)

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Vestagen Technical Textiles Develops New Technology Designed To Help Combat Hospital-Acquired Infections

Written on 16 Dec, 2009 at 13:34 in Research | viewed 560 times | 0 Comments
Vestagen Technical Textiles Develops New Technology Designed To Help Combat Hospital-Acquired Infections

Vestagen Technical Textiles announced its entry into the advanced performance textile arena with the introduction of the first of a new class of Nanotechnology-Based Healthcare Specialty Textiles. The Orlando based company will provide apparel and textile products for use in... (Continue reading)

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Ecolab Licenses Environmental Hygiene Application from Infection Control Expert Dr. Philip Carling

Written on 10 Sep, 2009 at 15:28 in Research | viewed 556 times | 0 Comments
Ecolab Licenses Environmental Hygiene Application from Infection Control Expert Dr. Philip Carling

Ecolab Inc.’s Healthcare division announced today it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with infection control expert Philip C. Carling, MD for his environmental hygiene patent applications. Dr. Carling will serve in an advisory role to Ecolab, which will... (Continue reading)

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Biosafety Level

Written on 20 May, 2009 at 19:43 in Terms | viewed 978 times | 0 Comments

Biosafety Level The biosafety level is an agreed protocol level of precautions required to be implemented in an containment facility to isolate potentially harmful biological agents (e.g. virus, bacteria, fungi, prions, toxins etc). The biosafety levels are 1,2,3,4. 4 being the... (Continue reading)

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