Recent reports brought a stunning number to light: 42% of deaths due to COVID-19 have taken place in long-term residential facilities. Just .61% of...
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Recent headlines about the spread of the virus causing COVID-19 are misleading. They seem to imply that the CDC has reevaluated how important...
Surface disinfection has become the new normal. Today's post takes the concept of a high school geometry proof to connect contaminated environments...
It's hard to quantify the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on healthcare. We can list numbers of lives lost, ventilators used, masks needed,...
These past few weeks we have been exploring what we can learn from infection preventionists as we navigate life during a pandemic. Especially now as...
There are no better professionals to emulate than infection preventionists during this time of transition between social distancing and returning to...
As states consider timelines for re-opening their communities to work and recreation, we are experiencing an interesting convergence. Just as we are...
Masks in the grocery store. Kids learning from home. Supply chains interrupted. Heartbreaking statistics. This is life during the COVID-19 pandemic....
In this series of posts on how to clean your house, we’ve covered some important lessons from the cleanest hospitals: Know your pathogen, pick the...
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Cleaning House, Part 3: Choosing a Disinfectant. What to Sic on the Bugs Making You Sick
There is an astounding array of cleaning products available at your local store, online, and probably just sitting under your sink. Does it matter...
Each day, the White House Coronavirus Task Force leads a press briefing to update the nation on the response to the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
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Welcome to Our World: How COVID-19 Introduces Everyone to Life as an Infection Preventionist
The global coronavirus pandemic has offered a sudden welcome into the world infection preventionists face every day: The fight against pathogens....