Patients - It's ok to ask your doc to wash their hands | Professionals Wash Your Hands !!

At IDWeek 2018, the annual conference for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, I was struck by one simple truth. We are still talking about washing our hands, or in our professional lingo, hand hygiene. Hand hygiene is the simplest, most effective way to prevent infection. Most of us know this intuitively, without the science, as we grew up being reminded by our parents and teachers to wash our hands. It simply makes sense. Our hands are the most exposed part of our body and are in constant contact with our non-sterile environment (fecal veneer, anyone?). If someone does not wash their hands in the restroom, we are aghast. Don’t they realize that is a health risk? This issue even resulted in an #IDWeek2018 Twitter...

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Antimicrobial Badge Holders - Coming Soon to the USA

Antimicrobial Badge Holder - Made in the USA! First Antimicrobial Badge Holder was produced today in North Carolina  Antimicrobial Badge Holder Mr. Donald Black, President of New Generation Product (NGP) was on hand in North Carolina to witness the first Antimicrobial Badge Holder manufactured in the USA.  The inventor, Lisa Holmes was thrilled to hear the news, having invented the product in 2010.  Lisa said, "I am relieved and elated there was a finally a solution coming to the market that will control the transmission of germs and pathogens on employee or school ID Badges and cards.” A simple solution to controlling bacteria on your ID badges!  The badge holder patent is pioneering the emerging field...

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Newest Thing In Antimicrobial Card Films Market? Plastic Money

(Antimicrobial) Card Films Market Report Plastic money is greatly supported by plastic films used to produce the cards. Along with credit or debit cards, key cards, ID cards of institutions, companies or organizations is very common to be found with a person.  Card films are special plastic films made durable and flexible with other properties like color holding capability, printability, heat resistance, right surface finish, capable of holding lamination or coating and much more.  Card films differ from other plastic films due to high machinability as these cards require to be manufactured with very strict tolerances.  Card films market seems to be fairly stable due to everlasting demand of cards in various industries...

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The cash and cards YOU touch every day are crawling with germs including lethal superbugs, study reveals

The cash and cards YOU touch every day are crawling with germs including lethal superbugs, study reveals The findings come after US loan firm LendEDU tested how dirty our money and cards actually are - and it turns out the answer is filthy By Danny De Vaal 25th May 2019, 10:40 pm Updated: 26th May 2019, 1:01 am CASH and bank cards are crawling with an array of filthy germs, a study has claimed - including potentially deadly superbugs. US loan firm LendEDU tested how dirty our money and cards actually are - and it turns out the answer is filthy. GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR 4 Some credit cards had a germ score as high as 1,206 when restaurant surfaces should have a score of ten or less to be considered 'sanitary' They...

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Marking the moment - Antimicrobial Badge Holders and Credit Cards

Marking the moment  Donald Black, Lisa Holmes (Patent Holder) and Jim Bettinger  May 2019: These gentlemen will bring a simple solution to controlling bacteria on your credit cards and workplace wearable identification badges and badge holders.  Don Black and Jim Bettinger, will be launching the first product in the USA  - from the Antimicrobial Credit Card, and Badge Holder patent. Pictured here with Patent Holder, Lisa Holmes. &nb...

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Your Credit Card May Be Dirtier Than A New York City Subway Pole

Your Credit Card May Be Dirtier Than A New York City Subway Pole We’re typically more concerned about where our money goes than where it has been ― but new findings posted by financial education website LendEDU might make you reconsider. New York Subway Pole The company released the results of an experiment testing more 40 debit and credit cards, 27 different bill denominations, and 10 coins for germs. Each payment method was swabbed with a handheld germ testing device and assigned a “germ score” to rank the item on the disgusting scale. The higher the score, the dirtier the item. And spoiler alert: Our money, like pretty much everything else in the world, is prettydirty. Somewhat...

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