Would the Nanoparticles help to Prevent the Healthcare-associated Infections?
Image obtained from “HAI Watch: Not on My Watch” web site
Recently it began to be some concern about the Healthcare-associated infections (HAI), as evidenced by initiatives such as the prevention campaign Kimberly-Clark Health Care, called HAI Wactch: Not on My Watch.
Perhaps similar technologies to the one used in the anti-swine flue costumes design by Haruyama Trading Company which is based on titanium dioxide nanoparticles may facilitate prevention.
If these new nanomaterials demonstrate its effectiveness we could find ourselves in a new era in the field of disease prevention. But until then it is more prudent to follow the recommendations of the HAI Campaign Watch: Not on My Watch.
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INL – News
INL hosts first event
«Workshop Nano09 – Shaping the future»
The Lisbon Academy of Sciences and the Portuguese Academy of engineering are organising the ‘Workshop Nano09-Shaping the Future’. The event, to be held on 10, 11 December 2009, is the first one ever to be held at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) in Braga, Portugal. The event will be limited to ca. 200 participants and will focus on the grand challenges and new trends in nanosciences and nanotechnologies. The workshop will also be an opportunity to visit INL and discuss the best actions to take in order to foster collaboration between this institute and the nanosciences and nanotechnologies Portuguese research groups. INL is the first fully international research organization in Europe in the field of nanosciences and nanotechnologies, created by a joint decision of the heads of government of Spain and Portugal and is due to be up and running by the end of 2009.
More information about the event at http://nano09.web.ua.pt/
