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Digital technologies to unlock safe and sustainable opportunities for medical device and healthcare sectors with a focus on the combined use of digital twin and extended reality applications: a review
(Elsevier, 2024-03-12)Medical devices have increased in complexity where there is a pressing need to consider design thinking and specialist training for manufacturers, healthcare and sterilization providers, and regulators. Appropriately addressing ... -
A proposed cleaning classification system for reusable medical devices to complement the Spaulding classification
(Elsevier, 2023-12-14)A central tenet in infection prevention is the application of the Spaulding classification system for the safe use of medical devices. Initially defined in the 1950’s, this system defines types of devices and surfaces as ... -
Pulsed ultraviolet (PUV) disinfection of artifcially contaminated seawater seeded with high levels of pathogen disease indicators as an alternative for the shellfish industry depuration systems
(Springer, 2023-05-08)The increase in pathogen levels in seawater threatens the safety of entire aquatic ecosystems. Foodborne pathogens can potentially accumulate in shellfish, especially in filter feeders such as bivalves, requiring an efficient ... -
A review of Spaulding's classification system for effective cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of reusable medical devices: viewed through a modern-day lens that will inform and enable future sustainability
(Elsevier, 2023-03-22)Despite advances in medicine and innovations in many underpinning fields including disease prevention and control, the Spaulding classification system, originally proposed in 1957, remains widely used for defining the ... -
Current decontamination challenges and potentially complementary solutions to safeguard the vulnerable seafood industry from recalcitrant human norovirus in live shellfish: Quo Vadis?
(Elsevier, 2023-02-24)Safeguarding the seafood industry is important given its contribution to supporting our growing global population. However, shellfish are filter feeders that bioaccumulate microbial contaminants in their tissue from ... -
Potential disruptive effects of zoosporic parasites on peatland-based organic freshwater aquaculture: case study from the Republic of Ireland
(Elsevier, 2023-01-10)Irish freshwater aquaculture holds great potential for aiding food security. However, its necessary expansion has been hampered by the adoption of important environmental EU directives. A novel peatland-based recirculating ... -
Challenges and future opportunities to unlock the critical supply chain of personal and protective equipment (PPE) encompassing decontamination and reuse under emergency use authorization (EUA) conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Through a reflective circularity and sustainability lens
(Elsevier, 2023-01-06)Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and the resulting coronavirus disease (COVID-19), was declared a public health emergency of global concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the ... -
Effectiveness of front line and emerging fungal disease prevention and control interventions and opportunities to address appropriate eco-sustainable solutions
(Elsevier, 2022-08-21)Fungal pathogens contribute to significant disease burden globally; however, the fact that fungi are eukaryotes has greatly complicated their role in fungal-mediated infections and alleviation. Antifungal drugs are often ... -
Efficacy of frontline chemical biocides and disinfection approaches for inactivating SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern that cause coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with emergence of opportunities for green eco-solutions
(Elsevier, 2021-10)The emergence of severe acute respiratory disease (SARS-CoV-2) variants that cause coronavirus disease is of globalconcern. Severe acute respiratory disease variants of concern(VOC) exhibiting greater transmissibility, and ... -
Opportunities for the application of real-time bacterial cell analysis using flow cytometry for the advancement of sterilization microbiology
(SFAM, 2020-11-06)Medical devices provide critical care and diagnostic applications through patient contact. Sterility assurance level (SAL) may be defined as the probability of a single viable micro-organism occurring on an item after a ...
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