Those of us who work in the world of infection prevention can sometimes struggle to quantify our successes. While overall reductions in infection and...
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Scientific articles, also called academic or scholarly papers, are every-day reading for many professionals. For the average person, however, they...
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...
The word “reputation” comes from words meaning “to judge repeatedly.” This idea of forming an opinion, and reforming it over and over again as time...
After more than a year of a global pandemic, we can all justify a bit of flu fatigue. We've been so busy dealing with COVID-19, that we may have few...
To provide better transparency, hospitals across the nation have publicly posted their prices. The idea was to help consumers make better financial...
Measuring the cost-effectiveness of an infection prevention intervention requires careful translation of complex issues into dollar values: The...
When considering an infection prevention intervention, how should the costs be calculated? The first question should be what costs should be...
While the majority of Americans, and the vast majority of healthcare workers, support vaccine mandates, there are opponents who believe individuals...