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“People think they are protected indoors and they’re really not” Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, an American governor recounted a visit she’d made to a local business. Upon entering, she didn’t wear a mask, she told her TV audience, -
Novaerus Defend 1050 cleared by FDA as 510(k) Class II Medical Device to inactivate and filter out airborne virus and bacteria for medical purposes Defend 1050 uses patented NanoStrike® technology to damage and inactivate airborne micro-organisms. Dublin, Ireland and Stamford, -
Back in the 1950s, cartoonist Charles Schulz introduced a new character into his world-famous Peanuts strip: Pig-Pen, an amiable boy known for the cloud of dirt and dust that follows him everywhere. “I’m a dust magnet!” Pig-Pen declared. In truth, -
Read part one of this blog post here. Flu Virus Hovers in the Air For decades, scientists assumed influenza was spread only by large droplets and by touch. For example, an infected person coughs or sneezes, spraying gobs of virus -
For months, global health experts have feared the collision of Covid-19 and the seasonal flu. But now, with flu season nearing and Covid-19 surging, averting a “twindemic” appears more challenging than initially predicted. The coronavirus has rebounded across Europe and -
Read part one of this blog here. Ventilation and Filtration: School Buildings Must Do More Some school websites do discuss ventilation and air filtration, critical strategies for controlling airborne spread. But here again, actions fall short. Open windows are a -
Scan the website of any school that has reopened in the Covid-19 era, and you’ll find a litany of “enhanced disinfection protocols.” Cleaning schedules for whiteboards, light switches, and cafeteria microwaves. Lists of government-approved carpet disinfectants. An accounting of “hypochlorous -
Novaerus is delighted to be supporting Clean Hospitals Day, a global awareness campaign created to highlight the importance of healthcare environmental hygiene. On the 10th of October 2020, Clean Hospitals Day will celebrate and empower key environmental hygiene healthcare workers. -
Novaerus Technology Powers New Galanz Air Disinfection Devices – Providing the First Line of Protection Against Airborne Viruses and Bacteria Dublin, Ireland, September 1, 2020 – Novaerus, an Irish company that manufactures and sells medical-grade, clean air solutions, has announced that it -
Read part one of this blog post here. Viral Outbreaks in the NICU Though the majority of NICU infections are bacterial, nosocomial viral infections have been widely reported, including outbreaks of syncytial virus (RSV), influenza H1N1, rotavirus, adenovirus, enterovirus, and -
Late one summer at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a top American medical centre, routine microbiological surveillance revealed something unusual in the neonatal intensive care unit: Over four weeks, 23 newborns tested positive for adenovirus, though not a single NICU patient -
Well before SARS-CoV-2 began rampaging the globe, two virologists — one Dutch, one American — worried that just such a virus would explode and strike healthcare workers particularly hard. The scientists, Vincent Munster, Ph.D., and Seth Judson, Ph.D., knew that the
