Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Silver vs Copper: Which is the better biocide? (Part 2)

Silver vs Copper: Which is the better biocide? (Part 1)

Is Antibacterial Soap the Same As Regular Soap?

4 Key Terms in Infection Control

New Variant of SARS-CoV-2: Is it time to panic?

Today's post covers a vital comparison between copper and silver: Their ability to kill harmful bacteria. Biocidal activity - the active destruction...

Since mankind began using metals, both silver and copper have been used to keep mildew, mold, fungi, and other spoilage at bay. Both metals were even...

A study demonstrated that regular soap has the same impact as antibacterial soap at killing bacterial during hand washing. Today we'll explore this...

The infection control landscape is difficult to navigate without an understanding of the key terms used by experts in the field. Some of these terms...

There's no more chilling words in a killer virus action movie than "IT'S MUTATED!" Visions of a virus gone berserk and leaving chaos (or zombies) in...

What makes a surface a Preventive | Biocidal SurfaceTM? Four critical characteristics: It is registered by the EPA for public health claims. It ...

Most babies are born healthy. Delivered in a hospital, a birthing center, a home, or even a stable, they are bundled up, fed, loved, and go on to...

Sometimes a product comes along that breaks the paradigm. It is so innovative and unexpected that attempts to fit it into an existing market category...

Photos from around the country show healthcare and frontline workers receiving the first COVID-19 vaccines, their smiles and confidence becoming a...

Copper is the oldest-known metal used by humankind to make tools and decorations, helping form the transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age....

A few years ago, the first rumblings were starting over the use, and possible overuse, of antimicrobials in interior furnishings and materials. As ...

We spend a good amount of time on this blog discussing the new uses of the biocidal properties of copper. We look to the past civilizations that used...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Silver vs Copper: Which is the better biocide? (Part 2)

Silver vs Copper: Which is the better biocide? (Part 1)

Is Antibacterial Soap the Same As Regular Soap?

4 Key Terms in Infection Control

New Variant of SARS-CoV-2: Is it time to panic?

Silver vs Copper: Which is the better biocide? (Part 2)

Silver vs Copper: Which is the better biocide? (Part 1)

Is Antibacterial Soap the Same As Regular Soap?

4 Key Terms in Infection Control

New Variant of SARS-CoV-2: Is it time to panic?

Preventive Biocidal Surfaces: A Definition in 4 Parts

A Child Is Born: Remembering Our Tiniest Patients

A New Category of Clean: Preventive Biocidal Surfaces

Who, What, Where, When? The COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out

Copper vs. Cuprous Oxide: What is the Difference?

Why are hospitals banning antimicrobials, but not copper?

Copper and Our Innate Immune System