Blog Archive for January, 2009
Welcome to the MyClyns Blog
Hello and welcome to the new MyClyns.com web site. We are excited with the potential of this new site. Union Springs Pharmaceuticals offers products that help defend against germs and this blog will be used to address issues in infection control while you are at work. We will discuss articles that appear in the news, products we have developed, and the heroes that put their lives on the line every day, just like you.
We understand that your work is very personal. It’s personal to you to assist others, it’s personal to keep your community safe, and your health is personal to you and your family.
We hope this web site becomes a good source of information for you. Check back often and participate in the discussion. Let us know how you feel by voting on questions that we post from month to month, tell us about your exposure stories, read recent articles in the news regarding infection control and the threat of pathogens and give us your feedback on our products. This is how we will bring better products to you. By knowing what’s personal to you.
Warm regards,
Joel Ivers
Union Springs Pharmaceuticals
HIV Criminals Expose Virus to Victims
5/3/2006
MEMPHIS,TN-They are a new breed of sexual predators. They’re HIV positive and they’re out to give it to someone else. Only a fraction of the cases involve consensual sex. Those arrested for exposing others to the HIV virus target police, paramedics even children. Read the rest of this entry »
Widow seeking cure to staph’s mystery
After firefighter dies, his wife asks: How could this happen?
11:01 AM CST on Sunday, November 18, 2007
It started with a nagging pain in Mike Chandler’s lower back.
After 10 days of doctor visits and a fistful of prescriptions for painkillers, the 33-year-old Garland firefighter was rushed to Medical Center of McKinney, unable to breathe and showing signs of kidney failure.
It took two more days for a test to confirm that he was fighting a severe infection.
By then, Mr. Chandler was dead.
His death certificate stated simply that he died of multiple organ failure, pneumonia and sepsis, which is the body’s response to an overwhelming infection. But the underlying cause of death was what his loved ones could not believe.
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Lurking Danger
Jun 1, 2008 12:00 PM
In an industry wrought with mortal danger, it is difficult for any single threat to rise above the competing din. Not buckling up in an apparatus, cancer, lightweight construction, smoking, terrorist attacks, careless driving, poor fitness and bravado are part of the seemingly unending list of what kills and maims firefighters. But a particularly nasty brand of Staph infection is drawing an audience. Read the rest of this entry »
Two New Jersey Officers Have MRSA
By MICHAEL GARTLAND, STAFF WRITER
Two Bergenfield police officers have been diagnosed with a sometimes fatal, drug-resistant bacterial infection, a borough health official said Monday.
The officers are among more than a dozen North Jersey residents who have contracted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in the past month. Statewide, the New Jersey Department of Education has confirmed about 30 cases among students and teachers alone. Read the rest of this entry »