Healthcare

News

Hosokawa isolator meets safety demands – 8-Sep-2010

Twin chamber reactor charging isolator offers super safe operation

Ductbusters launches design and installation service – 6-Sep-2010

For healthcare, commercial and industrial applications

AloeSafe hand sanitiser is free from toxic chemicals – 3-Sep-2010

Leaves hands soft and silky

Cleaning becomes a QuickTask with Contec mops – 3-Sep-2010

Knitted polyester and microfibre flat mops are exclusive to European customers

Antimicrobial polymer combats MRSA infections – 3-Sep-2010

AdvanSource announces patent for antimicrobial polyurethane resins

Articles

Microbial control of combo devices – 23-Aug-2010

New drug delivery systems or ‘combo’ devices are becoming more prevalent in the market. Mark Botting, UK commercial manager, Isotron, reviews some current challenges and potential future changes in sterilising drug device combination products

Regeneration at a Dublin stem cell facility – 20-Jul-2010

The new Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation facility in Dublin, Ireland represents a major step forward for stem cell transplantation. Ronan Quinn, MD of the contractor ardmac, describes the build

Closed vial technology – 22-Jun-2010

Ready-to-fill syringes are increasingly being adopted by pharma, so what about ready-to-fill vials? Germana Molinari, manager of fill/finish process design in Foster Wheeler’s Milan Pharma division, looks at closed vial technology

Energy management – 22-Jun-2010

For years, cleanroom operators have put product safety and yields top of the agenda, giving energy efficiency a lower priority. The BSI’s 2010 Cleanroom Conference unveiled new standards that demand a greener ethos. Susan Birks reports

On tap – a sustainable sanitiser – 22-Jun-2010

The knowledge that electrolysed water could be a sanitiser has been around for years, but Japanese scientists have turned the idea into a simple and cost-effective sanitisation process, as Laurence Bailey, md of UK distributor EOwater, explains

Events

Medifest South Africa 2011 – 6-Sep-2010

7 - 9 June 2011
Cape Town, South Africa

Designing and implementing an effective cleaning and disinfection programme – 31-Aug-2010

9 September 2010
Online training course

Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Pricing & Reimbursement in Turkey – 27-Aug-2010

22 September 2010
Istanbul, Turkey

Global Conference on Pharmaceutical Microbiology – 25-Aug-2010

25 - 28 October 2010
Capital Hilton, Washington, DC, US

European Isolators & RABS – 25-Aug-2010

17 - 18 November 2010
Eastwood Hall, Nottingham, UK

Hospital Pharmacy Isolator Training – 25-Aug-2010

20 October 2010
The Met, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

Hospital Pharmacy Isolator Training – 25-Aug-2010

22 September 2010
Bristol Marriott Hotel, Bristol, Avon, UK

Hospital Pharmacy Isolator Training – 25-Aug-2010

15 September 2010
Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London

Medical Device Approval Process – 18-Aug-2010

11 - 12 November 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Adverse Events: Managing and Reporting for Medical Devices – 18-Aug-2010

11 - 12 November 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Comprehensive Monitoring for Medical Devices – 18-Aug-2010

13 - 15 October 2010
Chicago, Illinois, US

Virus and TSE Safety made simple – 17-Aug-2010

22 - 23 September 2010
Munich, Germany

Ultra Clean Processing of Semiconductor Surfaces (UCPSS) – 16-Aug-2010

19 - 22 September 2010
Ostend, Belgium

Handling Failures in Sterile Manufacturing – 16-Aug-2010

5 - 6 October 2010
Heidelberg, Germany

Medical Device Postmarketing Vigilance Reporting – 16-Aug-2010

9 November 2010
San Diego, California, US

Medical Device Approval Process – 12-Aug-2010

20 - 21 September 2010
San Diego, California, US

Adverse Events: Managing and Reporting for Medical Devices – 6-Aug-2010

9 - 10 September 2010
Chicago, Illinois, US

Comprehensive Monitoring for Medical Devices – 5-Aug-2010

15 - 17 September 2010
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

7th International Surface Cleaning Workshop – 4-Aug-2010

27 - 29 October 2010
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, US

The Unseen Contaminant - Revealing Electrostatic Contamination in Cleanrooms – 3-Aug-2010

15 September 2010
Online training course

Medex Kenya 2010 – 30-Jul-2010

17 - 19 September 2010
Nairobi, Kenya

Healthcare Innovation Expo – 27-Jul-2010

9 - 10 March 2011
ExCel, London, UK

ISPE Brussels Conference – 27-Jul-2010

20 - 23 September 2010
Brussels, Belgium

Medica 2010 – 21-Jul-2010

17 - 20 November 2010
Messe Düsseldorf, Germany

British Cleaning Council Cleaning Conference 2010 – 19-Jul-2010

5 October 2010
Centrepoint, London, UK

Contamination Control – 9-Jul-2010

9 - 11 November 2010
Prague, Czech Republic

BOHS Nanotechnology Seminar – 6-Jul-2010

8 September 2010
SCI, London, UK

Aseptic Surgery Forum 2012 – 28-Jun-2010

29 - 30 March 2012
Paris, France

ISCC 2010 (International Symposium on Contamination Control 2010) – 7-Jun-2010

5 - 9 October 2010
Tower Hall Funabori, Tokyo

International Cleanroom Show China (Beijing) 2010 – 3-Jun-2010

20 - 22 October 2010
Beijing, China

NZ SSA Conference 2010 – 13-May-2010

13 - 15 October 2010
Auckland, New Zealand

Jobs & People

Hardy Diagnostics hires research and development manager – 3-Sep-2010

Will accelerate entry into new molecular markets

Howorth welcomes Colin Hodgson – 26-Aug-2010

Returns to UK air filtration specialist as senior project manager

Teknek appoints sales and marketing manager – 23-Aug-2010

Ruaridh Nicolson joins contact cleaning specialist based in Glasgow

New salesman for Leuze Electronic – 27-Jul-2010

Sensor firm appoints Midlands account manager

New IEST executive board announced – 21-Jun-2010

The US-based environmental monitoring society has elected its new officers for the year