Hand Hygiene Reminders Save Lives It’s well known among infection control experts that hand hygiene is the best defense against the spread of viral and bacterial infections. Soap and water lifts and washes different kinds of bacteria and viruses – including the various strains of coronavirus – down the drain. In addition to using soap […]
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Technology in the healthcare workplace can evoke passionate responses from managers and staff, both positive and negative. Any individual response generally depends upon the experiences a person has had with technology in the past. Memories of glitches and downtime often bring skepticism. User-friendly, time-saving technology is welcomed and appreciated. From where I stand as a
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Infections caused by the spread of bacteria and viruses continue to cause illness and death around the world, with coronavirus being only the latest example of the need for better infection control. During the 2018-2019 flu season, influenza resulted in 35.5 million illnesses, 490,600 hospitalizations, and 34,200 deaths in the United States, according to the
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Are Handwashing Habits Preventing Infections? The real-time data providing the answer to whether or not care providers were washing their hands long enough was shocking to one of our customers, with performance well below the 20-second standard recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2019) and reinforced by The Joint Commission (2020).
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