Infection Control, Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Consumer, Patient Safety, Medicare/Medicaid, Design, Cost-Effectiveness, Costs, Architecture, Construction, Innovations 2 min read. How Can a Healthcare Investment Increase Market Share AND Reduce Cost of Care? Focus on Infection Prevention. Erica Mitchell May 15 2023 Large-scale healthcare projects, from new projects to renovations, face a challenging future. After the tedious process of securing permits and... Read more
Antibiotic Resistance, Public Health 1 min read. What is the ARLAB Network? Erica Mitchell May 10 2023 As a response to the growing global and national threat of antibiotic resistance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established a... Read more
Patient Advocacy, Infection Control, Hospitals, Consumer, HAIs, Medicare/Medicaid, Epidemiology, Surveillance, Public Health, Public Reporting 2 min read. The Patient Experience and Infection Control Erica Mitchell May 8 2023 In today's healthcare marketplace, it is growing commonplace to consider patients as customers - and the shoe fits, so to speak. Patients do have... Read more
MRSA, Infection Control, Hospitals, Research, Consumer, HAIs, Patient Safety, Medicare/Medicaid, Epidemiology, Interventions, Public Health, MDROs, C. difficile, Public Reporting 2 min read. What Do HAI Professionals Think about HAI Metrics? A Study Reveals The Answer Erica Mitchell May 1 2023 One of the most tracked and reported metrics in today's healthcare facilities is infection rates. Anyone working in a hospital is aware of the... Read more
2 min read. World Immunization Week: Health Care Workers and Vaccines Erica Mitchell April 26 2023 No one could question the positive impact vaccines and the immunization they provide have had on global health. The World Health Organization... Read more
Infection Control, Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Consumer, HAIs, Patient Safety, Costs, Innovations 3 min read. Infection Control and the Healthcare Supply Chain: Who Makes Decisions? Erica Mitchell April 24 2023 Last week we provided a big-picture overview of the healthcare supply chain, from supplier to patient. This week, we will dig deeper into this... Read more
2 min read. The Healthcare Supply Chain - An Overview Erica Mitchell April 17 2023 As was the case with many healthcare challenges, the COVID-19 pandemic brought public attention to the issue of the healthcare supply chain. A... Read more
Hospitals, HAIs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Surveillance 2 min read. What is the National Healthcare Safety Network? Erica Mitchell April 12 2023 If you spend any time at all in the world of infection control and prevention, you've run across the NHSN, or National Healthcare Safety Network.... Read more
Research, HAIs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Regulation 3 min read. 4 Things the CDC Does for Me (and You) Erica Mitchell April 5 2023 A couple years back, the EOSCU Team had the honor of presenting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus outside of Atlanta,... Read more
Infection Control, Hospitals, Germs, HAIs, Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs), MDROs 2 min read. A Wave of Candida auris infections: Crashing in Hospitals Nationwide Erica Mitchell April 3 2023 We've covered Candida auris in this blog before. Not only has it been one of the pathogens of concern cited by the Centers for Disease Control and... Read more
Regulation 2 min read. Infection Control Acronyms Erica Mitchell March 29 2023 Every field has its own jargon, vocabulary, and acronyms. Infection control and prevention is no different! In today's post, we'll look at some of... Read more
2 min read. Hospital-At-Home: What Does it Mean for Infection Control? Erica Mitchell March 24 2023 One of the most lasting positive impacts of the COVID pandemic was the increased accessibility to telehealth, including remote appointments, mailed... Read more