Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Barriers to Adopting Preventive Measures: Why is it So Hard?

Hygiene Poverty and Its Impact on Infection Control and Prevention

Presidential Pathogens: How George Washington Stopped an Epidemic

QUAT Cleaners: A Critical Analysis of their Use

American Medical Hero: Dr. Ruth E. Moore

There are so many psychological, sociological, and intellectual barriers to change - anyone who has tried to break a bad habit or motivate a group...

Access to clean water, soap, and basic cleaning products may seem like a given in our nation, leading many of us to overlook the impact poverty can...

With a Presidential Inauguration taking place in the midst of a global pandemic, we have the opportunity to look at how past president's have dealt...

Achieving and maintaining sanitized surfaces in hospitals requires an arsenal cleaning and disinfecting products, with quaternary ammonium compounds...

The first African-American to join the American Society for Microbiology was a woman. The first African-American to receive a PhD in Microbiology was...

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HAIs: Major Heartache

Erica Mitchell

February 12 2024

It's no wonder why we have long associated the heart with life and love. It races when we are nervous or exerting ourselves. It beats with comforting...

Over the past few posts, we have been looking at how ideas make their way to hospital decision-makers. Nurses play a crucial role in patient care,...

One of the many concepts that have entered the public consciousness since the COVID-19 pandemic is the idea of healthcare equity. Issues of race are...

While the general population may use terms like sterilizer, disinfectant and sanitizer interchangeably, they actually have very specific definitions...

Hospitals are the setting for countless decisions each day, decisions that impact patient outcomes, financial investments, community health and so...

In earlier posts, we've examined the degree of cleanliness required for specific items as well as what the EPA requires to make claims about...

Probably no other organizational entity has the human resources complexity of a hospital. Healthcare facilities bring together not just medical...

Health.Care | An Educational Blog

Barriers to Adopting Preventive Measures: Why is it So Hard?

Hygiene Poverty and Its Impact on Infection Control and Prevention

Presidential Pathogens: How George Washington Stopped an Epidemic

QUAT Cleaners: A Critical Analysis of their Use

American Medical Hero: Dr. Ruth E. Moore

Barriers to Adopting Preventive Measures: Why is it So Hard?

Hygiene Poverty and Its Impact on Infection Control and Prevention

Presidential Pathogens: How George Washington Stopped an Epidemic

QUAT Cleaners: A Critical Analysis of their Use

American Medical Hero: Dr. Ruth E. Moore

HAIs: Major Heartache

How Can I Bring an Idea to Management?

3 Technologies that Help Achieve Healthcare Equity

The Meaning of Clean: Sanitizers, Disinfectants, and Sterilizers

Who Makes Decisions about Infection Prevention in a Private (Non-Government Owned) Hospital?

Critically Clean: An In-Depth Look

Hospital Hierarchy: Who's Who?