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Cleaning With CO2: A Heartening Experience
By John Durkee, Ph.D., P.E.
This column is about real critical cleaning cleaning (flushing) of human wound cavities of air with gaseous CO2. These cavities are naturally full of air during cardiopulmonary bypass operations with an empty heart, and other open wounds.
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CLEANROOM TIP OF THE WEEK

Sorbency and Cleanliness: Bread and Butter Wiper Metrics
 Perhaps the most commonly used metrics to compare consumables are sorbency and cleanliness. Sorbency, or the ability of a textile product to wick and hold liquid, can be a useful metric for cleanroom applications that may involve large liquid spills. An engineered cleanroom wiper removes liquid spills quickly and efficiently; one engineered cleanroom wiper can do the job of multiple wipers with inferior sorbency.
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MANAGEMENT TIP OF THE WEEK

Management Is Not a Popularity Contest
Can a manager be both effective and well liked? Nope. Not going to happen.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
  • Novel Approach Estimates Nanoparticles in Environment
    Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being produced, it is almost impossible for scientists to determine if it poses any threat to the environment or human health.
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  • New IEST Executive Board Announced
    The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology is pleased to announce its new officers for the one-year term beginning July 1, 2009.
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  • New Tool for Next-Generation Cancer Treatments using Nanodiamonds
    A research team at Northwestern University has demonstrated a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells.
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  • NIST Engineers Discover Fundamental Flaw in Transistor Noise Theory
    Chip manufacturers beware: There’s a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible.
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Industry Calendar

June 2-4, 2009
SEMICON Russia
Moscow, Russia

June 8-10, 2009
European Supply Chain and Logistics Summit 2009
Düsseldorf, Germany

June 17-18, 2009
IEST Consumables and Garments Course
Burbank, CA

July 6-8, 2009
American Glovebox Society Annual Conference
San Diego, CA

July 16-17, 2009
Overview of FDA Regulatory Compliance for Medical Devices
Costa Mesa, CA

July 19-23, 2009
SEMICON West
San Francisco, CA

August 24-26, 2009
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) and Drug Product Specification
Costa Mesa, CA

Aug 30 - Sept 4, 2009
EOS/ESD Symposium
Anaheim, CA

September 2-4, 2009
Technical Writing for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Biotech Industries
Costa Mesa, CA

September 9-11, 2009
SEMICON Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan

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