Category Archives: Cleanroom News

Food Contact Surfaces: How is Modern Milk Production Moo-ving Away from Dairy?

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From ‘wholesome’ breakfast staples to ‘adult’ liquor beverages, it seems the milk production landscape may be shifting away from the traditional.  Find out more over at Food Contact Surfaces.com where we examine how modern milk production is moving away from dairy.

What do microfiber wipes, van der Waals forces, cell phones and geckos have in common?

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While checking into the best ways to clean our cellphones last weekend, we stumbled across a couple of articles on that most adorable of creatures, the gecko. Despite oftentimes heroic and diligent attempts at staying on topic, we disappeared rather rapidly down a rabbit hole of intriguing herpetological pablum, learning that those creatures, so beloved [Read More…]

Optical Shifts – Could Holographic Technology be Leveraged within a Cleanroom Environment?

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In recent months we’ve written a lot about cars and automotive technology. From Tesla’s self-driving autos to Google’s investment in flying cars, we’ve delved into the intersection between technological advancement and cleanroom use to highlight the innovative ways in which the industry is incorporating our contamination control products and methodologies into their technologies. And it’s clear we [Read More…]

Is Copper the Next Big Step in the Fight Against Microbial Contamination?

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We live in the passive age – passive income, passive aggression, passive cleaning. Wait? Passive cleaning? How’s that possible? A cursory glance along the aisles of any grocery store will reveal the bewildering array of cleaning products – sprays, anti-microbial cloths, scrubs, crèmes, rinses, and more – targeting the not-so-passive germophobe shopper. And this is [Read More…]

Flying High – The Role of the Cleanroom in the Development of Flying Cars

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A few months ago, we came across a promotion for an animal shelter in which adorably adoptable dogs were air-lifted to potential families using state-of-the-art drones. Readied in a NASA-style flight suit, each pooch was custom delivered to a suburban back yard, frolicking with delighted children in the lush green grass under the contented gaze [Read More…]

Is IoT Tech the New Foot Soldier in Hand Hygiene Compliance?

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The modern hospital is the most advanced locus of public healthcare ever seen. When state-of-the-art technology combines with cutting-edge medical techniques the result is a level of unparalleled excellence in patient care. From treating outpatient cuts and scratches to acute ICU care or open heart surgery, today’s medical professionals are more highly trained than ever [Read More…]

Food Contact Surfaces: Spice Manufacturing

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Look a little closer at the origin of your turmeric, garlic powder, or cinnamon and you might find disturbing additions of contamination. Salmonella bacteria and lead contamination have led to recent recalls of herbs and spices destined for your plate. Over on our sister site Food-Contact-Surfaces.com we examine contamination in the world of spice manufacturing. [Read More…]

Could Wearable Technology be a Powerful New Tool in Contamination Control?

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Working in a cleanroom is one of the most interesting, rewarding, and – let’s admit it – at times frustrating jobs around. As anyone familiar with the environment will attest, the rules around performance are complex and labyrinthine, and – in a good cleanroom – they’re updated and perfected almost constantly. From the tasks to [Read More…]

Tissue Banks & Cleanrooms: The Ultimate Price of Contamination Issues

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From the earliest times in human civilization, healers and physicians have dreamed of curing the sick and repairing the injured by transplanting organs or bones. The most common procedure, allogenic skin grafting – the process of transplanting skin from a donor to a patient – is now widely used to resurface burns, help close large [Read More…]