It is estimated that there are 5×1030 bacteria on Earth. That's 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, or 5 nonillion. We have not even begun to...
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DALYs and QALYs + HAIs: The Costly Connection
In our previous posts about DALYs and QALYs, we have defined the terms and presented how the healthcare field calculates these two measures of...
Contamination Statistics,
Infection Control,
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Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs),
Special Populations,
Disinfectants,
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We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections
In a widely-circulated interview, President Biden stated that the pandemic was, in effect, over. While not an official statement and also clarified...
Imagine you are a physician doing rounds in a hospital. You and a colleague walk into the room of a patient infected with MRSA. You are careful to...
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Contamination Statistics,
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Hospitals,
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How clean is your Hospital Room?
When we enter a hospital room as a patient, we are seeing the room at its cleanest. The room has just been scrubbed down during what is called...