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Thu Jun 11

• Povidone-iodin e - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mon Mar 30

• Tea tree oil and silver together make more effective antiseptics: Mixing tea tree oil and silver or putting them in liposomes, greatly increases their antimicrobial activity and may minimise any side effects. Wan Li Low, University of Wolverhampton, presented research at the Society for General Microbiology meeting which showed that although both tea tree oil and silver -- as silver nitrate -- were effective against a range of micro-organism s, when low concentrations of the two agents were combined, their antimicrobial activity increased

Sun Mar 15

• A mousetrap for bacteria: ANTISEPTICS have saved countless lives, but they are most effective when the bacteria they are attacking are individual cells in suspension. Once bacteria have attached themselves to solid surfaces and formed films, they are far harder to eradicate with standard disinfectants. Bacterial contamination of medical devices is a particular problem, as those devices are then used on people whose immune systems may be in less than tip-top condition. Surgical instruments can be heat-sterilise d or treated with ultraviolet light, but that is not appropriate for everything. The result is that infections arising from bacteria attached to surfaces in clinics and hospitals are reckoned to cause up to 1.4m deaths per year.

Sun Nov 16

• Tea tree oil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed Jul 2

• Antiseptic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fri Jan 18

• Antiseptics: An antiseptic is a substance that prevents or arrests the growth or action of microorganisms either by inhibiting their activity or by destroying them. The term is used especially for preparations applied topically to living tissue. The legal definition (
• Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance: Antiseptics and disinfectants are extensively used in hospitals and other health care settings for a variety of topical and hard-surface applications. A wide variety of active chemical agents (biocides) are found in these products, many of which have been
• Antiseptic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Antiseptics are antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putrefaction. They should generally be distinguished from antibiotics that destroy microorganisms within the body, and from

Sun Nov 5

• Wired News: Super Water Kills Bugs Dead

Tue Mar 21

• Not All Antiseptic Hand Gels Kill Germs

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