Bacteria, Contamination Statistics, Infection Control, Environmental Services, Germs, HAIs, Patient Safety, Microbiology, Epidemiology, Surveillance 1 min read. The Usual Suspects: The Microorganisms that Cause HAIs Erica Mitchell August 30 2024 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... Read more
Contamination Statistics, Bedrails, Infection Control, Hospitals, Germs, HAIs, Cleaning Protocols, Patient Safety, Design, Epidemiology, Interventions, Cost-Effectiveness, Public Health, Public Reporting 3 min read. DALYs and QALYs + HAIs: The Costly Connection Erica Mitchell June 12 2023 In our previous posts about DALYs and QALYs, we have defined the terms and presented how the healthcare field calculates these two measures of... Read more
Contamination Statistics, Infection Control, Hospitals, Environmental Services, Handwashing, HAIs, Antibiotic Resistance, Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs), Special Populations, Disinfectants, MDROs 3 min read. We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections Erica Mitchell September 23 2022 In a widely-circulated interview, President Biden stated that the pandemic was, in effect, over. While not an official statement and also clarified... Read more
Contamination Statistics, MRSA, Bedrails 2 min read. You'll Never Look At A Bedrail The Same Way Again. Erica Mitchell November 11 2020 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... Read more
Patient Advocacy, Contamination Statistics, Infection Control, Hospitals, Environmental Services, HAIs, Cleaning Protocols 1 min read. How clean is your Hospital Room? Erica Mitchell July 22 2020 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... Read more