May 22, 2014 | Food Service, IceZone
Ice machine cleaning is no easy task. Ice machines installed in common settings, such as restaurants, can become contaminated by bacteria, fungus, mold, and yeast in both the air and water. This cocktail of contaminants is known as biofilm, or slime. Biofilm can...
May 13, 2014 | Food Service, Health care, IceZone
This last November and December, UPMC Presbyterian in Pennsylvania learned firsthand the damage that a contaminated hospital ice machine can do when one patient died and two were sickened. Staff members were first alerted to the possible connection between a patient...
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