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| August 16, 2010: James Lee Witt Named Senior Advisor at Zimek Technologies, The Industry Leader in Infection Control and Biohazard Remediation |
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Tampa, FLA (August 16, 2010) – Zimek Technologies (www.zimek.com) is pleased to announce today the addition of James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer of Witt Associates, as Senior Advisor at Zimek, the industry leader in infection control and biohazard remediation systems. Witt was Cabinet-level Director of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) during the Clinton Administration. Read More
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| August 13, 2010: Dr. Brad Spellberg, UCLA Medical Center Infectious Disease Specialist, Says "Superbug" Gene is Major Public Concern |
Tampa, FLA (August 13, 2010) – A dangerous new “superbug” gene that has become increasingly common in Southern Asia, and has recently been found in patients in Britain who received medical care in India and Pakistan, is causing concern among U.S. experts. Labeled New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase, better known as NDM-1, the “superbug” has the potential of spreading around the world, and scientists say there are almost no drugs in the pipeline to treat it. “It’s a major public concern nationwide as well as worldwide knowing there is an uncontrollable gene in circulation,” said Dr. Brad Spellberg, infectious disease specialist, scientist, author and researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Harbor/UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. “Our industry is not developing any new antibiotics to combat this medical urgency.” Read More
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August 5, 2010: Former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. Joins Zimek Technologies Advisory Board |
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Tampa, FLA, Zimek Technologies, the industry leader in infection control and biohazard remediation technology, today announced The Honorable Emil Jones Jr. has joined the company’s prestigious Advisory Board. From 2003-2009, Jones served as President of the Illinois State Senate, a position that culminated more than three decades of service in the Illinois legislature. Mr. Jones has been a mentor and friend to many politicians over the years, including former Illinois State Senator Barack Obama with whom Mr. Jones served. Read More
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| June 14, 2010: UCLA Infectious Disease Testifies at House Health Subcommittee Hearings Expressing Alarm at Lack of Antibiotics in Development - Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Brad Spellberg and Zimek Technologies Spearhead Efforts in Treatment Solutions |
Washington, D.C. (June 14, 2010) -- Dr. Brad Spellberg, associate professor of medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine and an expert in infectious diseases, expressed alarm at the lack of antibiotics currently in development during a special testimony during a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing June 9. Dr. Spellberg, and other physicians who testified, raised concern for the spread of antibiotic-resistant microbes, including out of the hospital and into the community -- with lethal results. Read More |
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| June 9, 2010: Attorney General McCollum Joins Zimek Technologies and Central Florida Fire Chief to Announce New Anthrax Remediation Solution |
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| ORLANDO, FLA – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum joined innovative Florida based
decontamination company Zimek Technologies and Central Florida Fire Chief John Williamson during a special
press conference (6/9/10) in Winter Garden, Fla. to jointly announce important homeland security
initiatives and key bio-terrorism preparedness. Two leading innovators of technology using anthrax abatement
who participated were Brian Larson, CEO of sBioMed® of Orem, Utah and Joe Mantilla, VP of Corporate Affairs
of Zimek® Technologies of Tampa, Florida. Read More |
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| June 8, 2010: Study Finds Lapses in Infection Control Practices at Ambulatory Surgical Centers |
A new study found that many ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), also called outpatient or same-day surgery centers had serious lapses of practices designed to prevent the spread of infections. Read More |
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| May 17, 2010: Dramatic Surge Seen in Kids Hospitalized with MRSA |
CHICAGO, IL – The number of children hospitalized with dangerous drug-resistant staph infections surged 10-fold in recent years, a study found. Disease incidence increased from 2 cases to 21 cases per 1,000 hospital admissions from 1999 to 2008. Most infections caught in the community, not in the hospital. Read More |
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May 12, 2010: Congress Spotlights Efforts to Mitigate Patient Infections Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria - Zimek Provides Solution |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a hearing of the Health Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee entitled “Antibiotic Resistance and the Threat to Public Health,” experts discussed causes of antibiotic resistance and solutions. Testimony focused on drug-resistant bacteria caused by the over-use of antibiotics to treat human illnesses and non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in agriculture, as well as the need for more investment in antibiotic development and other proven mitigation solutions. Read More |
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| April 30, 2010: Brad Spellberg, M.D. - Authority on Infectious Disease and UCLA Medical Professor Joins Zimek Advisory Board - Author of Rising Plague: The Global Threat From Deadly Bacteria and Our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight Them |
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TAMPA, FL - Medical doctor, renowned researcher, UCLA professor, and author of the 2009 book, "Rising Plague: the Global Threat from Deadly Bacteria and Our Dwindling Arsenal to Fight Them" joined the Advisory Board of Zimek Technologies, the nation's most-respected and innovative decontamination experts. Read More |
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| April 27, 2010: Mayor Giuliani Visits Zimek Technologies |
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Zimek is proud to announce that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani toured Zimek's research, development, and manufacturing facility in Tampa, Florida. The Mayor was introduced to Zimek's revolutionary Micro-Mist™ technologies and observed a Touch-Less™ Micro-Mist™ application in Zimek's test chamber. From left to right in the photo above - Dennison Young of Giuliani Partners, Zimek's CEO, Kurt Grosman, Mayor Giuliani, and Zimek's Central Florida Business Leader, Robert W. Theisen, Jr. |
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| April 23, 2010: Zimek's Automatic Micro-Mist™ Room Application Achieves 5-Log Reduction of Staphylococcus Aureus and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa at ATS Labs |
ATS Labs, a reknown national laboratory, has performed efficacy testing on Zimek's Touch-Free™ Rapid Decontamination System along with EPA-registered disinfectants. After treating the test chamber, no organisms on carriers were recovered, confirming a 5-log reduction (>99.999% kill rate) on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. |
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| April 22, 2010: U.S. Health and Human Services: "Very Little Progress" Made Fighting Hospital-Acquired Infections - 100,000 Patients Die Each Year Study Demonstrates Need for New Technology |
| Washington, D.C.- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a study showing notable increases in hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Read More |
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| April 15, 2010: Zimek® and sBioMed® Team Up to Kill Anthrax - New Technologies Put Anthrax Abatement in Hands of Military Personnel, First Responders, and Local Law Enforcement |
WASHINGTON, APRIL 15, 2010 – Zimek® Technologies, creator of the preeminent 360 degree touch-less decontaminant dispersion technology, the unmatched industry leader in best practices rapid decontamination and disinfection, has reached an agreement with biotechnology firm sBioMed® to strategically partner and market its new sporicide STERIPLEX® Ultra, which has recently received anthrax claim approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Zimek’s application enables fully automatic dispersion of STERIPLEX® Ultra, permeating crevasses and hidden surfaces missed by other abatement methods. Read More |
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| April 15, 2010: Sheriff's Officials Purchased Zimek's Rapid Decontamination System to Target Infectious Diseases |
| Local Sheriff's deputies have a new weapon to protect themselves - not from criminals, but from the infectious diseases they might carry. Aided by a $25,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security, the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department recently purchased Zimek's Rapid Decontamination System to disinfect a squad car or jail cell in a matter of minutes. Read More |
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| April 6, 2010: MRSA Found in 4% of Healthcare Workers; Most Are Healthcare-Related Strains |
A screening of 3,638 healthcare workers found that 4.3% tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as reported in an April 6, 2010, Medscape Medical News article. Researchers from East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina) found that, among healthcare workers directly involved in patient care, 4.6% tested positive for MRSA, while 4.2% of nonclinical staff tested positive. Three-quarters of healthcare workers directly involved in patient care who tested positive for MRSA were carriers of a healthcare-related MRSA strain, compared to 54% of nonclinical staff. Nasal use of the antibiotic mupirocin eliminated MRSA in 75% of carriers for at least three months; the remaining 25% had carriage detected again within three months. Mupirocin-susceptibility testing showed that 9% of initial isolates had a high amount of resistance, while 10% had a low amount of resistance. Resistance among healthcare workers previously treated with mupirocin was found in 2.6% of workers. The study’s principal investigator found the very low percentage of healthcare workers carrying MRSA encouraging. The data was presented at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010, held March 18 to 22 in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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April 1, 2010: Infectious Disease Specialist Brad Spellberg M.D. Appears on 'Dr. Oz' TV Show April 6 to Discuss 'Rising Plague,' Global Threat From Deadly Bacteria |
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Dr. Brad Spellberg, an infectious disease specialist and member of a national task force charged with attacking antibiotic resistant infections, will appear on the nationally syndicated "Dr. OZ" television program on Tuesday, April 6 to discuss the grave public health crisis of deadly bacteria, which infect more than two million Americans per year, resulting in 100,000 deaths each year. Astoundingly, at the same time that antibiotic resistant infections are skyrocketing in incidence - creating a critical need for new antibiotics - research and development of new antibiotics has unfortunately ground to a screeching halt. Read More |
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March 23, 2010: Obama Healthcare Law Calls For Greater Disclosure and Best Practices in The Battle Against Healthcare-Associated Infections - Rapid Decontamination Technology Will Reduce HAI's, Saving Lives and Dollars |
NEW YORK – Amidst mounting public pressure to battle healthcare associated infections (HAI’s) that
kill as many as 500,000 patients and add as much as a quarter of a trillion dollars to our nation’s
healthcare costs over the course of a decade, Congress took action to reduce these deadly infections in
Sunday’s overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system. Read More |
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| February 23, 2010: Zimek Executives Meet With Former U.S. Senator Jim Talent |
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| Zimek's CEO, Kurt Grosman, and Joe Mantilla, Zimek's Vice President of Corporate and Governmental Affairs meet in Washington, DC with former U.S. Senator, Jim Talent and Vice Chair of the Commission on The Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism to discuss Zimek System's biological capabilities. |
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February 6, 2010: Mayor Giuliani Attends Crime and Homeland Security Roundtable in Orlando, Florida
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Mayor Rudy Giuliani attended a Crime and Homeland Security Roundtable discussion in Orlando on February 6, 2010 with Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement officials and concerned citizens. One of the notable concerns by the law enforcement leaders who attended was the recent failing "F" grade given to the U.S. for bioterror response readiness by a commission to assess national security measures. The H1N1 flu outbreak was given by the commission as an example of poor government response to a biological threat.During his trip to Orlando, Mayor Giuliani met with members of Zimek's management team including former Orange County, Florida Sheriff and Zimek's Executive Director for the Law Enforcement and Corrections Sector, Kevin Beary, Zimek's Central Florida Business Leader, Rob Theisen, and Joe Mantilla, Zimek's Vice President of Corporate and Governmental Affairs. |
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February 4, 2010: Zimek Applauds H.H.S. Focus on Health Care-Associated Infections - Zimek C.E.O. Says Rapid Decontamination Technology Will Reduce HAI's, Saving Lives and Dollars
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“Dr. Wright and HHS should be applauded for the focus on health care-associated infections (HAI’s), their commitment to better track them, and more importantly, to reduce life-threatening HAI’s,” said Kurt Grosman, CEO of Zimek Systems.“HAI’s are the 4th largest cause of death in this country, killing over 100,000 patients per year in America,” said Grosman. “Imagine the tragedy of a family member coming to the hospital only to contract a new, more serious illness." Read More |
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January 26, 2010: Zimek Technologies CEO Reacts To Report On Nation's Poor Response to H1N1 Outbreak - Says Rapid Decontamination Technology is Key to Effectively Combating Threat
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“Today’s report by the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism on the nation’s poor response to the H1N1 outbreak should serve as a wakeup call. Our country faces daily reminders of the continued threats of H1N1 and biological warfare. Read More |
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| January 26, 2010: U.S. Gets 'F' On Bioterror Response - The Commission Cited The H1N1 Flu Outbreak As An Example of Poor Government Response To A Threat |
Washington (CNN) - A commission set up to assess national security measures on Tuesday gave the U.S. government a failing grade in improving response time to a biological attack. Read More |
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January 20, 2010: Sheriff Kevin Beary Joins Zimek - The Nation's Leading
Decontamination Company |
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TAMPA, FL – One of the nation’s foremost leaders in public safety, former Orange County (FL) Sheriff Kevin Beary has joined Zimek Technologies, as the Law Enforcement and Corrections Executive Director. Zimek is the nation’s most innovative leader in the fight to prevent life-threatening viral infections such as H1N1 and bacteria such as MRSA. Read More |
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