Expertly curated sterilization and infection control news. Plus tips and best practices on how to get the most out of your Andersen Sterilizer.
Things took a dramatic turn in the US yesterday in relation to COVID-19. Here is a interesting snapshot, shown in 9 infographics. – Andersen
Vox Media — The outbreak of Covid-19, a coronavirus-caused illness that originated in Wuhan, China, and has since spread to most of the world, is one of the most serious public health crises in decades
Each of the three short videos starts with “We asked three Vets…,” then features the fantastic answers we received from our customers.
Andersen Sterilizers reps took a walk on the wild side during an in-service training at Raleigh, NC-based Avian and Exotic Animal Care Veterinary Hospital. The practice does not treat cats or dogs but pretty much everything else – from fish to zoo animal species.
The Morning Call — Months after federal regulators raised concerns about carcinogenic chemicals spewing from a plant near Lehigh Valley International Airport into residential neighborhoods, the company has submitted a plan to reduce those emissions by more than 99%.
Vox Media — The US will start screening at three airports for passengers with the mysterious, new virus originating in Wuhan, China that’s caused three deaths and nearly 200 people to fall sick with pneumonia.
CIDRAP — Shelley Rankin, PhD, the chief of clinical microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, got a surprising notification from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Andersen Sterilizers is pleased to announce its sister company, Andersen Scientific, has been selected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as one of eight international companies it will collaborate with in the development of strategies or technologies to reduce ethylene oxide (EO) emissions to as close to zero as possible.
Smithsonian — In late July, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shut down the 15,000-acre Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge north of the city when fleas infected with the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis were found in the refuge’s black-tailed prairie dog colonies. “We are closing trails and spraying an insecticide to kill fleas in plague-affected areas where there might be humans.”
BBC News — The drug-resistant fungus, Candida auris, was only discovered 10 years ago, but is […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution — The state’s first air test for a carcinogenic gas used by several industrial […]
Chicago Tribune — The final results are in from ambient air monitoring conducted earlier this summer […]
Medical Design and Outsourcing — Sterigenics and the state of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency have reached […]
The Guardian — Researchers say ‘eye-opening’ findings that 20% of silver gulls nationwide carry pathogenic bacteria […]
Medical News Today — These insects carry enough bacteria to cause infections — even some drug-resistant […]
DVM360 — A veterinarian and practice owner has launched an app for iOS and Android to […]
WGN9 — Governor Pritzker has signed legislation imposing the nation’s strictest limits on ethylene oxide emissions. […]
Daily Herald — Outdoor air monitoring to determine levels of the chemical ethylene oxide is set […]
Chicago Tribune — Legislation tightening restrictions for use of the cancer-causing chemical ethylene oxide passed through […]
Chicago Tribune — Repeated air testing around the Sterigenics plant in Willowbrook showed elevated levels of […]
BloombergEnvironment.com — The Environmental Protection Agency should expand air monitoring activities to more Illinois industrial sites […]