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Antibiotic Resistance and Air Filtration

Antibiotic Resistance and Air Filtration

Clostridium difficile is a bacterium which commonly causes healthcare-associated infections and outbreaks tend to occur in the hospital and care home setting, with the main symptom being diarrhoea. Like many...

Antibiotic Resistance and Air Filtration

Clostridium difficile is a bacterium which commonly causes healthcare-associated infections and outbreaks tend to occur in the hospital and care home setting, with the main symptom being diarrhoea. Like many...

Allergen Levels in Nurseries

Allergen Levels in Nurseries

Research has suggested that exposure to indoor allergens such as house dust mite in infancy is a strong risk factor for sensitisation and consequent development of asthma. Many young children...

Allergen Levels in Nurseries

Research has suggested that exposure to indoor allergens such as house dust mite in infancy is a strong risk factor for sensitisation and consequent development of asthma. Many young children...

Airborne MRSA Transmission in Hospitals

Researchers in Dublin recently published a study on airborne MRSA transmission as part of a wider investigation into a problem that affects all hospitals. Although it is known that MRSA...

Airborne MRSA Transmission in Hospitals

Researchers in Dublin recently published a study on airborne MRSA transmission as part of a wider investigation into a problem that affects all hospitals. Although it is known that MRSA...

Airborne Infection Control in Care Homes

Airborne Infection Control in Care Homes

Infection control in care homes is essential, people in a care home are living in close proximity and there are also many people (staff, visitors) coming and going from outside....

Airborne Infection Control in Care Homes

Infection control in care homes is essential, people in a care home are living in close proximity and there are also many people (staff, visitors) coming and going from outside....

Green Infrastructure To Clean the Air

Green Infrastructure To Clean the Air

Is it possible for green infrastructure to clean the air? Can ‘barrier bushes’ help to filter toxic fumes from the air? Can green infrastructure protect people from air pollution and...

Green Infrastructure To Clean the Air

Is it possible for green infrastructure to clean the air? Can ‘barrier bushes’ help to filter toxic fumes from the air? Can green infrastructure protect people from air pollution and...

Hay Fever in Schools

Hay Fever in Schools

A new study on hay fever in schools was highlighted at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology conference in London, and it made us wonder if schools trivialise...

Hay Fever in Schools

A new study on hay fever in schools was highlighted at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology conference in London, and it made us wonder if schools trivialise...