Pharmacists are an essential part of a medical team. While many people believe the pharmacist only dispenses medication, their impact on healthcare...
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While the Omicron variant sweeps the nation, now making up 95% of new cases, troubling statistics are emerging about a rise in pediatric...
The National Institutes of Health is the largest public funder of biomedical research around the globe. This support has led to life-saving...
We have all heard about validity and reliability in research. Validity tells us that your results actually measure what you wanted to measure....
Not all scientific studies are created equal. Some studies are well-designed, with results that stand up to the intense scrutiny, analysis, and...
What happens after laboratory tests confirm that an environmental product kills bacteria? Is that the end of the line for testing a product's...
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...