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A Gladiator’s Adversary

A Gladiator’s Adversary

Ringworm a common, fungal infection caused by dermatophytes.  A dermatophyte is a type of fungus that lives in the upper layer of skin and feeds on the keratin in skin...

A Gladiator’s Adversary

Ringworm a common, fungal infection caused by dermatophytes.  A dermatophyte is a type of fungus that lives in the upper layer of skin and feeds on the keratin in skin...

Zombies

Zombies

Natural Zombies As far as monsters go, I used to think that zombies were one of the least likely to exist.  Then my teenagers got mobile devices.  Ha!  I’m kidding,...

Zombies

Natural Zombies As far as monsters go, I used to think that zombies were one of the least likely to exist.  Then my teenagers got mobile devices.  Ha!  I’m kidding,...

COMPEL and the things we touch

Substantivity: a substance with lasting activity

Substantivity in hand hygiene The CDC defines substantivity as “an attribute of certain active ingredients that adhere to the stratum corneum (i.e., remain on the skin after rinsing or drying)...

Substantivity: a substance with lasting activity

Substantivity in hand hygiene The CDC defines substantivity as “an attribute of certain active ingredients that adhere to the stratum corneum (i.e., remain on the skin after rinsing or drying)...

COMPEL persistence

Persistence

How do athletes do it? Character  Each of our three kids are involved in multiple sports throughout the year.  One day, after football practice, I asked our two boys (sophomore...

Persistence

How do athletes do it? Character  Each of our three kids are involved in multiple sports throughout the year.  One day, after football practice, I asked our two boys (sophomore...

COMPEL efficacy

Watch My Mouth!

So many eff-words Chad and I embarked on quite an adventure at the end of March, beginning of April 2020.  Developing a product is difficult and bringing it to market is...

Watch My Mouth!

So many eff-words Chad and I embarked on quite an adventure at the end of March, beginning of April 2020.  Developing a product is difficult and bringing it to market is...

Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish physician and microbiologist who discovered penicillin in 1928.

Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic Resistance & Hand Hygiene What is antibiotic resistance? Do you know what condition affects over 2.8 million people in the US, and kills more than 35,000 every year?  It’s the...

Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic Resistance & Hand Hygiene What is antibiotic resistance? Do you know what condition affects over 2.8 million people in the US, and kills more than 35,000 every year?  It’s the...