The EPA for the first time registered 11 products that can disinfect surfaces against drug-resistant fungal infections that federal officials are calling an “urgent” threat.
Five companies make the 11 products: the Clorox Co., Diversey Inc., Medline Industries Inc., Ecolab Inc., and PDI Inc., formerly known as Professional Disposables International.
Candida auris (C. auris) is a drug-resistant yeast, a type of fungus. It can cause severe infections resulting in a patient death rate of about 30%, according to state and federal health agencies. It also spreads easily in ...
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