As we enjoy summer, many of us are planning to travel to see loved ones or take a well-deserved vacation. A growing number of Americans are planning...
Posts by Erica Mitchell:
A young woman sits in a clinic halfway around the world, waiting for her COVID-19 vaccine. The entities involved in getting that vaccine to her, all...
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Not All "Antimicrobial Activity" Tests are the Same: Why the EPA Standard Exceeds JIS/ISO, ASTM and Others
In this blog, we have covered the rigorous protocol set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a product to make public health claims, that...
What do you do if you discover that 50% of your healthcare residents are colonized with a multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO)? You'd probably adjust...
This post is intended to provide historical background for some of today's medical treatments. It is not intended to provide medical advice or...
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days: Generating images that fill our social feeds and ads, answering our questions via...
A hospital is one of the most, if not the most, regulated environments in our nation. Due to the complexity of services, equipment, usage, and...
Today's post looks at the team in the trenches, the boots on the ground, the hands-on technicians: Environmental Services.
Health literacy is the ability to obtain, read, understand, and use healthcare information to make appropriate health decisions and follow...
On Memorial Day, we remember those men and women who died serving our country as a member of the armed forces. Traditionally, the day is set aside to...
Ever since we first realized that disease could spread through physical contact, medical workers have used barriers to reduce the transmission of...
Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) play an important role in today's healthcare system. Most (45) states have at least one of the over 1,300 CAHs, but...