As we muddle through another flu season, keeping things clean remains an effective way to stay healthy. But cleaning alone isn’t always enough when it comes to the microscopic germs that can make us ...

Previously, environmentally transmitted diseases have not always been clearly recognized as the serious threat to patient safety that we appreciate today. Emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms ...

Potentially harmful bacteria can survive on endoscopes used to examine the interior of the digestive tract, despite a multi-step cleaning and disinfecting process, according to a study published in ...

At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Jack Wagner, president and director of scientific, technical and regulatory affairs at Micro-Scientific Industries, ...

The pandemic has launched almost constant cleaning and disinfecting in schools. But as experts learn more about how the virus spreads, some research raises questions about the right amount of cleaning ...

When old food packaging, discarded children’s toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of ...

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Yoga mats are one of the most commonly used pieces of workout equipment. Whether you have your own or use one at your local gym, it’s important to know how to keep yoga mats clean and free of bacteria ...