By Larry Peters, CDA Project Manager and Architectural Applications Specialist
Last month Larry Peters, Copper Development Association (CDA) project manager and architectural applications specialist, hosted a webinar in advance of the HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference in Nashville. More than 3,600 health care engineering, design and architectural professionals attended last week’s conference. Read more…
John Hawkins was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at age 14, and less than a year later, was in need of a stem cell transplant. Since pediatric stem cell transplants are only offered at a few medical facilities in the United States, John and his mother, Dawn, had to travel to Charleston for the procedure. Upon arrival in South Carolina, John and Dawn sought shelter at the Ronald McDonald House. Ronald McDonald Houses are world-renowned for the the care they offer to families and children in need and the good they provide their communities. Read more…
By Wayne Seale, CDA Project Manager and Architectural Application Specialist
More than 3,600 health care engineering, design and architectural professionals attended the 2011 HEALTHCARE DESIGN conference Nov. 13-16 in Nashville. Wayne Seale and Larry Peters, project managers and architectural applications specialists for the Copper Development Association (CDA,) gave attendees the latest information about the antimicrobial properties of copper touch surfaces.
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By Adam Estelle, CDA Project Engineer
For the second year now, I’ve hosted a booth on Antimicrobial Copper at the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry’s (SETAC) annual conference. At first thought, it seemed like putting copper in hospitals was the last thing environmentalists wanted to hear about. However, sharing the public health benefits of copper with this group has been both beneficial and enlightening. Read more…
By Wilton Moran, CDA Project Engineer
Headlines announcing new cases of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are always unsettling for the public, as MRSA can be a deadly infection. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) an estimated 85% of the most serious MRSA infections are associated with a healthcare exposure, nearly 14% of the infections are community-associated. While frightening, each case announced presents an opportunity to further educate Americans about this important public health issue. A new case of the staph bacteria that does not respond to some antibiotics commonly used to treat staph infections was recently confirmed at a New York area high school, causing the school district to distribute an alert to parents and students. As stated by the CDC, MRSA Infections are usually spread by having contact with someone’s skin infection or personal items they have used, like towels, bandages, or razors that touched their infected skin. MRSA can also be transferred from person to person through public touch surfaces such railings and door handles. Read more…
By Harold Michels, CDA Senior Vice President, Technology and Technical Services
Study results presented at World Health Organization Conference on infection prevention
We were pleased this summer to share the early results of a comprehensive multi-site clinical trial examining the effect of antimicrobial copper surfaces in reducing bacteria in intensive care unit rooms at the World Health Organization’s 1st International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
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