While attending academic conferences, don't overlook the vendor exhibit area – it's more than just a place to pick up free pens and notebooks. The...
Posts about Infection Control (3):
Spring and summer mean conference season for Infection Preventionists and other medical practitioners! Academic and exposition/trade conferences are...
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Patients, Staff, Administrators: What Each of Us Can Do to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs)
We hear so often how "we all have a role to play in reducing healthcare associated infections." From washing our hands to advocating for policy...
In the world of risk mitigation, there are a number of established concepts that encompass the many ways to avoid harm. These concepts also apply to...
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How are Graph Neural Networks Being Used in the Fight Against Healthcare Acquired Infections?
Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are computer algorithms that take data from graphs and uses relationships between the data points to make predictions or...
To address the persistent issue of healthcare associated infections, hospital professionals deploy two primary approaches: reactive and proactive...
There are so many psychological, sociological, and intellectual barriers to change - anyone who has tried to break a bad habit or motivate 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...
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Who Makes Decisions about Infection Prevention in a Private (Non-Government Owned) Hospital?
Hospitals are the setting for countless decisions each day, decisions that impact patient outcomes, financial investments, community health and so...
Probably no other organizational entity has the human resources complexity of a hospital. Healthcare facilities bring together not just medical...
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Hospital Acquired Infections and Hospitals Acquired by Private Equity: The Dangerous Correlation
About a quarter of American hospitals are for-profit, that is, they are operated to generate profit for owners and stakeholders. A subsection of...