David Vidra Health Educators

Health Educators (http://www.hlthedu.com) will be at NIX Thursday June 17th in Toronto, Ontario to teach a one day course regarding bloodborne pathogens and infection control. Seating is EXTREMELY limited so pre-registration is required immediately. Please Download the Registration Form or contact Jesse Villemaire if you wish to register and have any further questions @ 519-653-4333
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS & [...]

Using Techni-Care ® Antiseptic to clean and prepare the skin prior to performing a body piercing: Techni-Care Piercing Prep Protocols

ST. LOUIS, MO, September 14, 2009/ – – Care-Tech® Laboratories, Inc. announces that it has suspended manufacturing and distribution of its drug products to address concerns raised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Specifically, the FDA has informed Care-Tech® that it believes the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) drug products have not been manufactured, [...]

FDA NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: Sept. 8, 2009
Media Inquiries: Christopher Kelly, 301-796-4676, christopher.kelly@fda.hhs.gov
Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA
Care-Tech Laboratories Agrees to Stop Making, Selling and Distributing Unapproved Antimicrobial Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that St. Louis-based Care-Tech Laboratories Inc. and its principal officers, John C. Brereton and Sherry L. Brereton, have signed a consent decree, [...]

This Ontario best practice document applies to any facility, service or person offering services where there is a risk of exposure to blood, such as, but not limited to: hairdressing and barber shops, tattoo and body piercing studios, electrolysis, acupuncture and various aesthetic services. The following guidelines comprise general recommendations for all personal service settings and equipment. Click [...]

With the increase in popularity of antiseptic hand gels over the past 6 years, we have seen a significant decrease of compliance with hand washing. However, hand gels were never intended as a replacement for hand washing, but to be used only in cases where hand washing was not feasible.
Per Federal law, hand washing [...]

Skin infections with MRSA are transmitted by close skin-to-skin contact with an infected person or by contact with objects or surfaces contaminated with MRSA. Most often MRSA infections occur in hospital patients; however, reports of MRSA infections acquired outside of a hospital setting (community-acquired) are becoming more common.
As with ordinary strains of Staphylococcus aureus, some [...]

Public health officials advised people who received tattoos or piercing at Moonshin a Cooksville tattoo and piercing parlour, between March 2005 and last month to get blood tests.
Inspection by health officials revealed that the tattoo parlour failed to keep adequate maintenance records for its sterilization equipment. It is estimated this negligence of proper sterilization can put nearly [...]

Everything is setup for the first of what we hope to be a recurring series of BodyArtPro sponsored  Health Educators classes in Toronto. Sunday we have the Bloodborne Pathogens and The Principles of Infection Control class and Monday will be Sterilization: From Start to Finish.  Big Thanks to Philip Barbosa (BMEzine Staff) for coordinating the event and for helping setup [...]