Infection Control

Clorox Professional Products Company announced the introduction of the Clorox 4 in One Disinfectant & Sanitizer.

State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Medical Center has completed the second phase of its emergency department expansion and the entire facility is now open to patients, according to a State College report.

Florida Hospital East Orlando has broken ground on an expansion to its emergency department that is expected to open in summer 2014, according to a Central Florida News 13 report.

Newark (N.Y.)-Wayne Community Hospital announced it will officially open the $9.9 million Daniel Alexander, M.D. Emergency Department on April 24.

Saint Louis University Hospital has begun a $1.5 million emergency department expansion, according to a report by The St. Louis American.

A study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America shows that improved hydrogen peroxide has a greater efficacy in fighting healthcare-associated pathogens, according to a Clorox Company report.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., analyzed the characteristics of an electronic anesthesiology visual paging system used intraoperatively to alert personnel if an emergency situation has occurred in adults and children, according to Anesthesia-Analgesia.

Nurses are claiming that St. Luke's Hospital in New York City used Hurricane Sandy as an excuse to close a low-volume, unprofitable pediatric unit, according to a New York Post report.

An article in Gastroenterology determined the use of anesthesia assistance from an anesthesiologist or certified registered nurse anesthetist during a routine colonoscopy is not associated with lower complication rates.

Studies have shown that red haired-patients required more desflurane for immobility than those with dark hair, so researchers tested if the same connection occurs for propofol, according to Anesthesia-Analgesia.