AlturaSolutions | Inbound Marketing Agency for B2B Industries

  • About
    • Robert Kravitz
  • Solutions
    • Article Publishing
    • LinkedIn Marketing Programs
    • Videos and Graphics
    • Inbound Marketing
    • Social Media Services
    • Email Newsletters
    • Content Marketing
  • Published!!
  • Results
    • Case Study: Introducing the Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning System
    • Case Study. Promoting U.S. Products and Portable Carpet Extractors
    • Case Study: Introducing Enviro-Solutions Cleaning Solutions
    • Case Study: Promoting Green Cleaning and a Green Cleaning Advocate
    • Case Study: Introducing Waterless Urinals
  • Praise
    • AlturaSolutions Client Portfolio
  • Insights
  • Media
    • Alturasolutions Videos
      • Video: What is PR
      • What We Do
      • How to Hire a B2B Inbound Marketing Company
      • Do You Know the Power of Content When it Comes to Generating Sales?
      • COVID and Marketing. What to do Now?
      • AlturaSolutions Introduces the Brand Accelerator Program
      • Earned Media vs. Branded Articles
      • Steve Jobs
      • Windows 95
      • PRINT IS DEAD, RIGHT?
      • Marketing Content Creation
      • Blogging Power
      • Thinking About Cutting Your Marketing Budget? Maybe Think Again
      • Inbound Marketing/Outbound Marketing What’s the Diff?
      • The Power of PR
      • Video: Chicago Hunkers Down
    • Newsletters
      • When it Comes to Blogging the Lucky Number is 13?
      • Advertising Is What You Pay For, Publicity Is What You Pray For
      • The 5 Key Characteristics of Content Marketing
      • What Inbound Marketers Need to Know about the Buyer’s Journey
      • The Five Best Practices of Content Marketing
      • Do You Know What Types of Blogs Get the Best Results?
      • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Are Trade Publications Dead? Nope, Not at All
  • Contact
You are here: Home / AlturaSolutions Newsroom / Contaminated Cash

March 31, 2019 By Robert Kravitz

Contaminated Cash

Laval, Canada – One of the most common questions facility managers have when they discover harmful pathogens are present in their facilities is, how did it get there? 

“We can’t always tell how pathogens end up on a surface, but what we do know, is that they can be found just about anywhere”, according to Brad Evans, general manager at OptiSolve, a company offering surface imaging technologies to help locate microbial contamination on surfacesso it can be removed. 

A study conducted last year in Hong Kong might offer some potential answers. 

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong wanted to know if the paper money used in the city was contaminated and if so, ifthose contaminants could be passed on to people’s hands, on to surfaces, and then transferred to other people.

They collected 15 paper bills from cashiers at 12 hospitals across the city. With each bill, they lightly scraped the surface and cultured the scrapings in a petri dish. The test results confirmed that there were bacteria on the bills and that it was growing steadily.

Among the bacteria found on the bills were Propionibacterium acnes, which are linked to skin acne, but can also cause sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease.

Furthermore, a bacterium called Acinetobacter was also present. These can cause human infections such as pneumonia and usually impact people with weak immune systems.

What the researchers found next helps answer the question as to how pathogens can make their way onto surfaces outside the hospital.

The same bacteria found on the hospital bills was soon found in the city’s metro stations serving the 12 hospitals. It was even found on the palms of randomly selected people in the metro stations as well as the air in the stations.

“This gives you an idea of how pathogens can spread both within and outside a facility,” says Evans.

“The researchers concluded that when pathogens are found on common high-touch surfaces such as doorknobs, it serves as an ‘alert’ that more pathogens are present and are likely to be present on many other surfaces.”

About OptiSolve

OptiSolve provides a vulnerability assessment service using proprietary surface imaging technology. The system produces high quality images to proactively reveal where microbial contamination exists before and after cleaning, providing visual results as well as evidence-based recommendations to assist with proactive prevention and training. The outcome is healthier spaces and validation that investments in cleaning activities are being maximized. More information is available at https://optisolve.net.  Company contact, Brad Evans, brad.evans@optisolve.net.

Filed Under: AlturaSolutions Newsroom

Our Services

  • Inbound Marketing
  • Understanding Earned Media
  • Social Media
  • How Marketing Content Creation Can Pull Your Business Forward
  • Article Publishing and B2B Inbound Marketing
  • Email Marketing

Follow us on Twitter

Tweets by @alturasolutions

Services

  • Inbound Marketing
  • Understanding Earned Media
  • Social Media
  • How Marketing Content Creation Can Pull Your Business Forward
  • Article Publishing and B2B Inbound Marketing
  • Email Marketing

Recent Posts

  • Kaivac Launches New Website
  • Bundled Sales: It’s All in the Bundle
  • Choose Chicago Chooses Kaivac
  • Ensuring Passenger Health on Buses and Public Transportation
  • National Pizza Box Recycling Program Launched

Contact Us

Email: solutions@alturasolutions.com
Phone: 312-880-8176

Office Location: 605 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611

facebook AlturaSolutions twitter AlturaSolutions linkedin AlturaSolutions

Copyright © 2021 Altura Solutions Communications