Infection Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 3 min read. Infection Prevention: "The Cornerstone of a Resilient Healthcare System" Erica Mitchell August 28 2023 The Centers for Disease Control's Global Safe Healthcare division refers to infection prevention and control as "the cornerstone of a resilient... Read more
Bacteria, Infection Control, Hospitals, Product Evaluation, Environmental Services, Copper, HAIs, Cleaning Protocols, Antibiotic Resistance, Patient Safety, Antimicrobials, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Interventions, C. difficile 3 min read. Bacterial Armor: The Germs that Become Tanks and How to Eradicate Them Erica Mitchell July 10 2023 Eradicating pathogens from environmental surfaces in hospitals is a daily fight. Keeping bacteria from reproducing on surfaces, finding reservoirs in... Read more
Hospitals, HAIs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Surveillance 2 min read. What is the National Healthcare Safety Network? Erica Mitchell April 12 2023 If you spend any time at all in the world of infection control and prevention, you've run across the NHSN, or National Healthcare Safety Network.... Read more
Research, HAIs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Regulation 3 min read. 4 Things the CDC Does for Me (and You) Erica Mitchell April 5 2023 A couple years back, the EOSCU Team had the honor of presenting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus outside of Atlanta,... Read more
HAIs, Antibiotic Resistance, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2 min read. CDC's Latest Report: The Top Resistant Pathogens of Concern Spread on Surfaces Erica Mitchell July 18 2022 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report addressing the impact COVID-19 has had on antimicrobial resistance.... Read more
Patient Advocacy, Vaccines, Flu/Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Viruses 3 min read. 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Flu Erica Mitchell January 13 2017 We are right in the middle of the flu season, when more and more tests come back positive for the influenza virus. Next to the common cold, there's... Read more