Microbiome Study Provides More Evidence on Lung Bacteria
They may be linked to dangerous diseases and are under constant threat of being expelled from their adopted home. Their contribution to the greater community is only beginning to be understood. And every day, more of them arrive. They’re bacteria living in human lungs. New research pinpoints just how they get there, and it opens […]
Reduction in Patient Hospital Acquired Infections
This chart shows the reduction in incidence % of patients with at least 1 hospital acquired infections (HAI) starting In January, 2012 at the Rehabilitation Hospital Nuovo S.Giorgio in Ferrara after using environmental probiotics cleaning products versus traditional cleaning agents.
MRSA Infection Risk Reduction Chart
The following chart from page 41 of the Formal University of Ghent and Lokeren General Hospital Study effectively highlights the key results constantly found in all of the thousands of Field Trials cultures directly tested which, in all cases, showing a rapid drop in pathogen count upon the switch from using the hospital’s regular disinfectants […]
Efficacy of Probiotics Mist in Eliminating Salmonella
After 24 hour holding at room temperature (23C), Salmonella counts in PBM were reduced by 84.2% compared to Salmonella counts in deionized water. The results showed the potential of environmental probiotics in controlling Salmonella Therefore, it is suggested to do storage study on fresh produce (i.e. strawberry and tomatoes) after inoculating them with Salmonella and […]
Safety evaluation of Bacillus subtilis strains
The Bacillus subtilis group is generally considered as safe (so-called “GRAS” status), and comprises the closely related taxa Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus atrophaeus, Bacillus mojavensis, Bacillus vallismortis, Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii and Bacillus sonorensis (Wang et al., 2007). Their phenotypic differentiation is difficult, but DNA-DNA hybridization and comparative sequence analysis […]
Case Study: Miami Jewish Home & Hospital
To better serve MJHH and its patients, the original full range of testing throughout numerous locations in the Miami Jewish Home & Hospital For The Aged’s 740 bed hospital and nursing facilities was accomplished as of July 25, 2008. It was the first in a series of studies projected to continue over the years to […]