One of the most tracked and reported metrics in today's healthcare facilities is infection rates. Anyone working in a hospital is aware of the...
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Last week we provided a big-picture overview of the healthcare supply chain, from supplier to patient. This week, we will dig deeper into this...
We've covered Candida auris in this blog before. Not only has it been one of the pathogens of concern cited by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Last Saturday concluded Patient Safety Awareness Week but like the members of the APIC would say, every day is for patient safety. One such member...
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Advisory addresses an increase in "extensively-drug-resistant" (XDR) Shigella, the...
In hospitals across the nation, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) monitors are used to test surfaces for the presence of biological contamination. Armed...
In our last post, we explored how adopting a new product can result in some heavy lifting. Not only does product adoption require financial...
Medical researchers have recently placed more emphasis on the non-medical conditions that impact patient health and outcomes. Collectively known as...
The medical chart is set to become a thing of the past. Those thick folders containing your medical history are steadily being replaced by electronic...
Many healthcare concerns will follow us into the new year, some we have carried for decades and some that have become more threatening thanks to the...
No profession knows more about disease transmission than those working in infection control and prevention. And yet, due to a complex network of...
Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR, allows us to quickly identify a pathogen from a small sample. This rapid identification is a helpful change from...