If emergency eyewash stations are not maintained properly, sediment and microbial contamination can be an overlooked and menacing problem. Here are some guidelines to minimize contamination. It is ...

North Florida Hospital removed one of its vice presidents and fired other employees nearly six weeks after non-emergency surgeries abruptly halted with concerns about sterilized operating room ...

Gasket maker Sur-Seal Corp. has acquired Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Kent Manufacturing LLC, expanding its medical clean room and automotive market manufacturing capabilities. "Kent's enhanced medical ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - UC San Diego Health is opening up about getting in trouble with California health officials over cleaning issues with its surgical equipment. The problem was serious enough for the ...

Butler, Wis.-based medical device contract manufacturer Molded Rubber & Plastics Corp. has expanded the clean room at its headquarters facility to meet demand for existing product lines for growing ...

Environmental Services team at Dubuque hospital with R2D2, the cleaning robot. (Photo courtesy of Finley Hospital) Three robots are at work in a northeast Iowa hospital, making the final sweep to make ...

As computer and electronics industries pack more circuits on semiconductor wafers, eliminating particles in the clean rooms where they are processed becomes more critical with each generation. In many ...

The operating room at Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has been closed indefinitely due to the failure of sterilization equipment, according to the regional health authority. Since Monday, the ...

Health care staff skip cleaning their hands between patients, and hospitals fail to clean rooms and medical equipment — even ...