![EOScu Logo - Dark - Outlined [07182023]-01](https://blog.eoscu.com/hubfs/Eoscu_June2024/Images/EOScu%20Logo%20-%20Dark%20-%20Outlined%20%5B07182023%5D-01.svg)
How can a simple infection lead to organ failure and death in the span of a few days? The answer lies not in the pathogen causing the infection...
Sepsis: When Your Body Overreacts
Health.Care | An Educational Blog
With a few words, a family's life is forever changed: "It's cancer." For any patient, these words bring anxiety and fear. When that patient is a...
The perceived stability of the national economy impacts the willingness of the healthcare industry to invest in innovations with up-front costs. In...
Every year a new class of students start their medical training with a white coat ceremony. The white coat is so synonymous with "Doctor," it seems...
The Centers for Disease Control's Global Safe Healthcare division refers to infection prevention and control as "the cornerstone of a resilient...
Germ theory, the idea that infection is caused by microscopic organisms unseen to the naked eye, is only a few hundred years old. This theory focuses...
Alongside its work in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) maintains an ongoing international presence, providing...
Imagine a group of hikers setting out on a 100-mile trek through a remote forest, each taking their own path and traveling alone. Each carries a...
3 min read.
The Environmental Programs Service of the Veterans Health Administration: Keeping Patients Safe
The Veterans Health Administration has long been at the forefront of progress in reducing hospital-associated infections. Through adherence to best...
Infection preventionists and their colleagues are inundated with sales messages promoting the latest products, innovations, new formulations, and...
In our earlier post, we explored the way mutations in bacteria can result in antibiotic resistance. If a mutation helps a bacteria survive its...
Twitter brought brevity and global outreach to social media. Founded in 2007, Twitter stood out from its competitors as a quick way to reach and...