Top 6 Blog Posts from Our First Year!

Over the past year, we have started to build a library of helpful resources about healthcare topics ranging from hospital-acquired infections to patient advocacy. 92 posts and over 100,000 words later, here are the top six posts from our first year!

#1 Team Stryker and Patient Empowerment

 This blog post struck a chord with readers thanks to its personal story paired with practical advice about how to be a patient advocate. (We are also pleased to provide an update that Team Stryker continues strong!) This was also our first guest blogger author.

#2 Anatomy of an Isolation Room

This post covered the essential components of an isolation room and provided an infographic that was shared widely thanks to its inclusion in a well-known health website.

#3 The Most Contaminated and Most Touched Surfaces in a Hospital Room

This blog post was another that was picked up by a national health care website and shared widely on social media. The post overlays two pieces of data: Which parts of a hospital room tend to harbor MRSA, and which parts of a hospital room are touched most often.

#4 Professional Profile: Sorrel King, Josie Kind Foundation

A heartbreaking story inspiring thousands, the short life of Josie King has left a legacy of change in the culture of hospitals. As told by her mother to hospital staff around the world, the story focuses on how a culture of improvement rather than punishment can lead to better health care.

#5 Just How Does Copper Kill Germs?

This introductory blog post covers the 5 kill mechanisms of copper, using analogies to explain how copper ions disrupt bacteria cells. 

#6 Preventive | Biocidal Surfaces: A New Category of Clean

How do surfaces that continuously kill bacteria fit into a framework of sanitizers populated only by one-time cleansers? This post explains how a new category had to be created not only in the marketplace, but also in the regulatory landscape.