HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-New Infection Control Guidelines Recognized by Unotron(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com

Infection Control Guidelines issued by the nation's top epidemiological societies, the American Hospital Association, and the Joint Commission

According to a release, Unotron, the inventor and sole manufacturer of patented SpillSeal completely sealed keyboards that safeguard against the risk of infection, endorses these guidelines and continues to introduce technology that supports these tenets.

"It is heartening to see such authoritative and widespread consensus about the spread of deadly virus, a longtime goal for Unotron as it continues to introduce bacteria-resistant technologies that can easily be cleaned and disinfected to mitigate the spread of infection," says Joseph Carabello, director of Unotron (www.unotron.com), "It is now official and more imperative than ever that preventive steps be taken through rigorous hand hygiene and keeping hospital rooms and equipment scrupulously clean."

The six conditions covered in the Infection Control Guidelines include central-line associated bloodstream infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, Clostridium difficile -- an intestinal bacteria -- and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a virulent drug-resistant bacteria that may contribute to 19,000 deaths a year.

"We put Unotron technology to the test several years ago," reports Carabello. "Pathologists Associated assessed and proved Unotron's technology at Ball State University's Center for Information and Communication Sciences, stating that Unotron keyboards treated with MRSA, and then disinfected with a ten-percent bleach solution, showed no growth of MRSA culture after sixty minutes. That study is testimony to our corporate dedication to rigorous infection control standards."

Unotron designs, manufactures and markets washable data input and security devices that are easily cleaned and disinfected to mitigate the spread of infection in healthcare, education, commercial and government environments.

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