Mental health facilities, including behavioral health and addiction treatment centers, present unique challenges to infection control. While most...
Posts about Infection Control (7):
We all experienced a huge learning curve thanks to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The general public learned about infection control, sanitation, and PPE....
Anyone familiar with hospitals knows that design impacts operations. How people - both healthcare workers and patients - move through the space...
As winter settles in, communities across the country begin their preparations for snowfall and ice. Rather than deal with the drifts and icy patches...
In earlier posts we discussed three major innovations that led to the formalization of infection control. Now we'll see what four elements make up a...
One of the tools available to infection preventionists, hospital epidemiologists and healthcare practitioners is the antibiogram. While not all...
Civilization picked up speed after the discovery of agriculture and animal husbandry, allowing for longer lifespans, healthier people, and lots of...
Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACHs) are facilities serving only patients with serious medical conditions who need at least 25 days of ICU-level...
As we age, our bodies go through changes that can make us more susceptible to disease, injury, and infection. Individuals who experience the greatest...
The infection control landscape is difficult to navigate without an understanding of the key terms used by experts in the field. Some of these terms...
In time for New Years resolutions, let consider ways we can improve terminal cleaning! Terminal cleaning is a thorough, deep-cleaning of a patient...
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...