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ATP Systems Help Put Clean
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By Robert W. Powitz,
Ph.D., MPH
Since my first day as a sanitarian, I have been vexed by the question,
"How clean is clean?" Throughout my career the answer to this question
has been punctuated by differences of opinion among my public health
inspection colleagues, particularly in evaluating food contact surfaces
and citing them for not being clean to "sight and touch."
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Science Everywhere but in
Cleaning |
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Although computers, cell phones, and
MP3 technology seem to get most of the media’s attention, it is actually
the many new developments in healthcare technology that are changing our
lives by improving health like never before. And medical procedures that
were once complicated, requiring long hospital stays and patient
recuperation, are now handled on an outpatient basis with rapid patient
recovery.
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The Evolution of Toilet
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We often take the simple things for
granted. Often because we don't know what life would be like without
them. It's only within the last hundred years that most of our modern
luxuries have come about. Most people don't give a second thought about
having access to rolls of toilet paper. But imagine what life was like
before this relatively modern innovation.
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Did You Know? |
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"Pathogens can remain alive and active
even on dry surfaces, and be picked up by hands, feet, etc. A large
percentage of seemingly normal asymptomatic individuals can be carriers
of pathogens. MRSA is a good example of this. Perhaps 15-30% of
so-called normal individuals are carriers of MRSA; that's why the
problem is so widespread."
Jay Glasel, PhD
Microbiologist
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