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Investigational Nanomedicines in 2016: A Review of Nanotherapeutics Currently Undergoing Clinical Trials *
Published in Valerio Voliani, Nanomaterials and Neoplasms, 2021
Joseph M. Caster, Artish N. Patel, Tian Zhang, Andrew Wang
Madigan Army Medical Center is conducting a phase III trial testing the efficacy of the antibacterial silver nanoparticle gel SilvaSorb against the standard antibacterial hand gel Purell. The study is comparing survival of the surrogate biomarker S. Marcescens on the hands of 40 patients after a single application of either gel.
The Paradox of Lost Fingerprints: Metaphor and the Shaming of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Published in Peggy Munson, Stricken, 2014
After the 1953 discovery of the polio vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk, and likewise after the invention of protease inhibitors, a model of cleanliness based on self-responsibility rose in popularity. The postpolio model of 1950s motherhood, typified by obsessive domestic cleanliness, reemerged in a new form in the post-AIDS years in the marketing of ubiquitous antibacterial products. Despite the fact that scientists quickly determined these products would lead to strains of super-resistant pathogens, they were snatched up with a paranoid fervor. Commercials showed the perils of independence and personal responsibility, represented by the man at the dirty ATM machine who didn't treat his hands with Purell, and the consequences of not practicing prevention, exemplified by the mother who didn't wipe her child's germ-covered apple with an antibacterial paper towel. The Good Mother in all of us, in the years of self-parenting, would protect the suburbs from the ills of modern society—dirty sex, dirty money, the dirty bus terminals of sprawling cities. We would be rid of weakness and genetic inferiority. And, it should not be overlooked that in the safer sex era, the word cleanliness became commonly associated with the disturbing language of genocide, with the term ethnic cleansing.
Rethinking risk communication in the hospital: infection prevention, risk perceptions, and lived experience
Published in Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 2022
Gabriela Capurro, Nisha Thampi
Several patient rooms had red isolation signs on the door frame signalling that anyone entering should take additional precautions. Isolation signs indicate the level of PPE required, from contact precautions (including gloves and gown when touching the patient or patient environment) to droplet precautions (gloves, gown, face mask, and shield), to airborne precautions (N95 respirator before entering the negative-pressure room). Hand hygiene signs are located next to hand sanitizer dispensers, giving step-by-step instructions on how to use the sanitizer properly. There are also other signs reminding that ‘Purell [alcohol-based hand sanitizer] should be used before donning of gloves’ (wall sign, inpatient unit), ‘Cleaning your hands is one of the best ways to prevent infection’ (wall sign, oncology unit), or ‘Just clean your hands!’ (wall sign, inpatient unit).