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	<title>Persistent Hand Sanitizer &#124; Hand Sanitiser &#124; Alcohol Free Hand Sanitizer &#124; Hand Hygine</title>
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	<description>Persisitent Hand Sanitizer &#124; QShield Antimicrobial Hand Sanitiser &#124; Swine Flu, MRSA, Ecoli, Infection Protection</description>
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		<title>Daily Mail Exposes Hidden Bacteria In The Home</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2010/08/hidden-bacteria-in-the-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help, Teddy&#8217;s got a bug: The (very) alarming results when one family asked a science lab to test their home for germs
By Isla Whitcroft
Last month, a Which? report found that a mobile phone keypad could contain up to 18 times more harmful bacteria than the average family toilet flush handle.
Worse still, of the 30 phones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can Q shield protect us from our changing environment?</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2010/08/how-can-q-shield-protect-us-from-our-changing-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can we as individuals protect ourselves from each other, our friends and family and still live together successfully?  To understand how we can do this we must understand how these diseases are spread.
The current UK Health protection agency web site has the following statement on it;
“Hands continue to play a major role in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China – ahead of the world in infection prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has long been known in the medical/ infection control industry, that China leads the world when it comes to hand cleanliness and prevention of transmission of viral type diseases.  It is no coincidence that Hong Kong was the first place in the world to produce a study on the transmission of Swine flu last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are your hands ever really clean?</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2010/08/are-your-hands-ever-really-clean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hand sanitizer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with hand hygiene has always been that no one ever knows when their hands have become contaminated by any dangerous microbes.  Washing hands with soap and water or cleaning with alcohol gels has always been good advice, but both are limited in that they provide no ongoing protection.  Without the ongoing protection that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are there problems with alcohol gel?</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2010/08/are-there-problems-with-alcohol-gel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hand hygiene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hand sanitizer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prisoners get drunk on alcohol hand-gel. Many Muslims can’t even use it. Alcohol hand-gel should be “a thing of the past.”
Healthcare experts gathered in Harrogate last week for a conference hosted by the Infection Prevention Society, the leading medical conference in the field of infection control.
Groundbreaking research was presented to the conference that suggests alcohol-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Phones harbours harmful bacteria</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2010/07/mobile-phones-harbours-harmful-bacteria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Mobile  phones can harbour 18 times more living bacteria than a flush on a men&#8217;s  toilet, according to research for consumer group Which?.




  



A hygiene expert who swabbed and analysed 30  handsets for the study found seven had warning or high levels of  environmental bacteria.
One harboured levels of bacteria, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Swine Flu in Schools Poster</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/preventing-swine-flu-in-schools-poster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This  new poster is available to download for use in schools and nurseries. Click the picture to open a pdf version which can be saved to your computer where you can print out as many as needed to display around your

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		<title>Preventing the Spread of Infection in Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/preventing-the-spread-of-infection-in-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/preventing-the-spread-of-infection-in-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[sick child]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[staying home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CDC posts influenza prevention and response guidelines for schools and school nurses, for each educational level. The CDC&#8217;s latest K-12 recommendations for situations with severity similar to that of the spring 2009 outbreak include:
Staying home when sick. Any student or staff member who comes down with flu-like illness should be sent home and stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospital hand wash gels &#8216;unreliable&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/hospital-hand-wash-gels-unreliable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/hospital-hand-wash-gels-unreliable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hand hygiene]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disinfectant gels recently introduced in UK hospitals may not be reliable for hand hygiene and could contribute to ward infections, research suggests. They are said to be less effective than both disinfectant rinses and soap and water.
The gels were introduced because they caused less skin irritation, were quicker to administer, and were thought to encourage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guidelines on Management of 2009 H1N1 Influenza &#8211; Swine Flu</title>
		<link>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/cdc-updates-guidelines-on-management-of-2009-h1n1-influenza-swine-flu/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theqshield.com/index.php/2009/11/cdc-updates-guidelines-on-management-of-2009-h1n1-influenza-swine-flu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Q Shield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 9, 2009 — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have updated its guidelines on the reporting and management of the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus, according to a media briefing yesterday. 
Topics covered include characteristics of 2009 H1N1 influenza based on ongoing surveillance and guidance regarding use of antiviral agents for [...]]]></description>
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