What happens after laboratory tests confirm that an environmental product kills bacteria? Is that the end of the line for testing a product's...
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The scientific method demands that researchers follow logical steps in their process to ensure that results are definitive. Without following these...
Recent news about a new variant of concern, Omicron, has dominated headlines. While we all try to keep up with the developing story, including how...
Discussion of the reduction of microorganisms in healthcare settings will often include the data as “log reductions.” To those of us more accustomed...
In scientific research, we test interventions to a problem and then measure the result: Did a medication improve patient outcomes? Did a training...
Those of us who work in the world of infection prevention can sometimes struggle to quantify our successes. While overall reductions in infection and...
Scientific articles, also called academic or scholarly papers, are every-day reading for many professionals. For the average person, however, they...
In a previous post, we discovered the many entities that regulate the physical operation of a healthcare facility. Who is responsible for making sure...
Scientists around the world toil in their laboratories or in the field conducting research according to the scientific method. One of the final steps...
As soon as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) identify an emerging pathogenic virus that is either completely new or starting to spread into new...
The term "white paper" comes to us from a 100-year-old practice of government reporting in the UK. When government agencies provided data to...
With declining rates of COVID-19 globally, some areas of the world are entering what is called the "endemic phase" of the pandemic. While the virus...