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What Do HAI Professionals Think about HAI Metrics? A Study Reveals The Answer
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...
Infection Control,
Hospitals,
Germs,
HAIs,
Antibiotic Resistance,
Epidemiology,
Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs),
MDROs
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A Wave of Candida auris infections: Crashing in Hospitals Nationwide
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...
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What Are ESKAPE Pathogens?
In 2008, the medical field presented data to the federal government in support of funding to study antimicrobial resistance in hospital-associated...
Contamination Statistics,
Infection Control,
Hospitals,
Environmental Services,
Handwashing,
HAIs,
Antibiotic Resistance,
Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs),
Special Populations,
Disinfectants,
MDROs
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We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections
In a widely-circulated interview, President Biden stated that the pandemic was, in effect, over. While not an official statement and also clarified...
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Pathogens Can Become Resistant to Disinfectants?
Bacteria have been around for, oh, 3.5 billion years or so. They didn't achieve this longevity without collecting a few tricks up their sleeves....