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Cleaning House, Part 4: Touch Points

Cleaning House, Part 3: Choosing a Disinfectant. What to Sic on the Bugs Making You Sick

Beyond the Briefings: Who's Who in the Coronavirus Task Force

Welcome to Our World: How COVID-19 Introduces Everyone to Life as an Infection Preventionist

Copper Kills SARS-CoV-2 In 4 Hours: Faster Than Any Other Surface Tested

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...

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...

The global coronavirus pandemic has offered a sudden welcome into the world infection preventionists face every day: The fight against pathogens....

An early release of a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine tested the survivabilty of the virus that causes COVID-19 in air as well as on...

As awareness of the COVID-19 virus increased, Americans everywhere rushed out to (try to) buy hand sanitizer. All of us now know that washing our...

We deal with the seasonal flu each year, right? Between October and March of every year, millions get infected, tens of thousands develop critical...

In our last post, we explored the basics of virus structure, makeup, size, and shape. We determined that this infectious agent had characteristics of...

What exactly is a virus? We know they are not susceptible to antibiotics. We know that they can cause anything from the common cold, the Spanish Flu...

Data is king. At no other time in history have we had the amount of data available to us to make informed decisions – both as consumers and as...

The history of African-Americans health care is replete with stories of both tragedy and triumph. From the horrific conditions of slavery, through...

Have you ever wondered how hospital scores are created? As we have explored in previous posts, there are a number of organizations and companies that...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Cleaning House, Part 4: Touch Points

Cleaning House, Part 3: Choosing a Disinfectant. What to Sic on the Bugs Making You Sick

Beyond the Briefings: Who's Who in the Coronavirus Task Force

Welcome to Our World: How COVID-19 Introduces Everyone to Life as an Infection Preventionist

Copper Kills SARS-CoV-2 In 4 Hours: Faster Than Any Other Surface Tested

Cleaning House, Part 4: Touch Points

Cleaning House, Part 3: Choosing a Disinfectant. What to Sic on the Bugs Making You Sick

Beyond the Briefings: Who's Who in the Coronavirus Task Force

Welcome to Our World: How COVID-19 Introduces Everyone to Life as an Infection Preventionist

Copper Kills SARS-CoV-2 In 4 Hours: Faster Than Any Other Surface Tested

Hands are Surfaces: When Do We Clean and When Do We Sanitize?

Flattening The Curve: It's All About Capacity

Is A Virus Living or Non-Living? Yes. Part 2

Is a Virus Living or Non-Living? Yes. Part 1

Where The 4 Top Hospital Rating Groups Get Their Data

Black History Month: 5 Health Care Highlights

How Hospital Scores Are Generated: An Overview