There is a good chance that you have Staph - Staphylococcus aureus - on your body right now. In fact, it is estimated that 25-30% of us carry Staph...
Posts about Health & Wellness:
As we reflect on the many things we have to be thankful for, it’s easy to think about family, friends, and the comforts of home. But there’s 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...
Achieving and maintaining sanitized surfaces in hospitals requires an arsenal cleaning and disinfecting products, with quaternary ammonium compounds...
Almost every country has a government agency responsible for the health and safety of its citizens and its environment. Where those two departments...
How do you put an economic value on a human life? Why would you ever want to? As difficult as this quantification may be, it is a necessary practice...
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Advisory addresses an increase in "extensively-drug-resistant" (XDR) Shigella, the...
Did everyone notice the uptick in respiratory illnesses (including COVID) that started about a week and a half after Thanksgiving? Many of us might...
Today is International Women's Day, a day celebrating women's achievements and bringing attention to gender parity in the workforce. In different...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have warned about the relative risk of activities to both the individual and the community. At...
These past few weeks we have been exploring what we can learn from infection preventionists as we navigate life during a pandemic. Especially now as...
You are a patient in the hospital, recovering from a surgical procedure. You are put on antibiotics to prevent infection, and everything seems fine....