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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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3 Reasons Why Patients Get Infections
We live in an environment teeming with microscopic organisms. They cover not only the surfaces we touch, but also our skin and even our insides. We...
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LTACHs and Infection Control
Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACHs) are facilities serving only patients with serious medical conditions who need at least 25 days of ICU-level...
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Nursing Homes and Infection Control
The Wall Street Journal addressed the growing concern over infection control in America's nursing homes, citing research from a recent paper from the...