Medicare/Medicaid, Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs), MDROs 2 min read. Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Long-Term Care: A CMS Update Erica Mitchell June 17 2024 What do you do if you discover that 50% of your healthcare residents are colonized with a multi-drug resistant organism (MDRO)? You'd probably adjust... Read more
MRSA, Infection Control, Hospitals, Research, Consumer, HAIs, Patient Safety, Medicare/Medicaid, Epidemiology, Interventions, Public Health, MDROs, C. difficile, Public Reporting 2 min read. What Do HAI Professionals Think about HAI Metrics? A Study Reveals The Answer Erica Mitchell May 1 2023 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... Read more
Infection Control, Hospitals, Germs, HAIs, Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs), MDROs 2 min read. A Wave of Candida auris infections: Crashing in Hospitals Nationwide Erica Mitchell April 3 2023 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... Read more
Hospitals, Antibiotic Resistance, Interventions, MDROs 3 min read. What Are ESKAPE Pathogens? Erica Mitchell October 17 2022 In 2008, the medical field presented data to the federal government in support of funding to study antimicrobial resistance in hospital-associated... Read more
Contamination Statistics, Infection Control, Hospitals, Environmental Services, Handwashing, HAIs, Antibiotic Resistance, Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs), Special Populations, Disinfectants, MDROs 3 min read. We Now Return to Your Regularly Scheduled Pandemic: Hospital Associated Infections Erica Mitchell September 23 2022 In a widely-circulated interview, President Biden stated that the pandemic was, in effect, over. While not an official statement and also clarified... Read more
Cleaning Protocols, Antibiotic Resistance, Disinfectants, MDROs 2 min read. Pathogens Can Become Resistant to Disinfectants? Erica Mitchell July 25 2022 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.... Read more