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Evidence Hierarchy: From The Laboratory to Reduced HAIs

Science By Design: Types of Research Study Designs

WHO is the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution?

Log Reduction: What does it mean?

P value: What's Chance Got to Do With It?

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...

How to Read a Scientific Journal Article

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...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Evidence Hierarchy: From The Laboratory to Reduced HAIs

Science By Design: Types of Research Study Designs

WHO is the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution?

Log Reduction: What does it mean?

P value: What's Chance Got to Do With It?

Evidence Hierarchy: From The Laboratory to Reduced HAIs

Science By Design: Types of Research Study Designs

WHO is the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution?

Log Reduction: What does it mean?

P value: What's Chance Got to Do With It?

Leapfrog's Lives Lost-Lives Saved Report: Behind the Numbers

Anatomy of a Scientific Journal Article

Scientific Journals: From the Lab to the World

Emerging Viral Pathogen Claims: How Products Make Claims About New Pathogens

3 Key Differences Between White Papers and Scientific Papers

When A Pandemic Becomes Endemic: What Does That Mean?

Infection Control and Hospital Reputation