In formal descriptions of the germ-fighting powers of antibacterial and biocidal products, the terms "Gram positive" and "Gram negative" are used as...
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Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere these days: Generating images that fill our social feeds and ads, answering our questions via...
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What are QALYs and DALYs?
How do you put an economic value on a human life? Why would you ever want to? As difficult as this quantification may be, it is a necessary practice...
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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...
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4 Things the CDC Does for Me (and You)
A couple years back, the EOSCU Team had the honor of presenting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus outside of Atlanta,...
Since the 1980's March has been recognized as Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the struggles and successes. While there has been tremendous...
Just over 150 years ago, the existence of bacteria was merely a hypothesis. Many scientists still believed that food spoilage and human infections...
March is Women's History Month, a month set aside to explore and celebrate the contributions and achievements of women while also bringing visibility...
Pasteurization. Gram stains. Petri dishes. Bunsen burners. The science world is replete with processes or equipment named for their esteemed...
The National Institutes of Health is the largest public funder of biomedical research around the globe. This support has led to life-saving...
We have all heard about validity and reliability in research. Validity tells us that your results actually measure what you wanted to measure....
Not all scientific studies are created equal. Some studies are well-designed, with results that stand up to the intense scrutiny, analysis, and...