November 2024

Understanding C. Difficile and Soap’s Role  November is C. difficile Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the progress made in combating this challenging healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and to reinforce best practices for prevention. According to the CDC’s 2023 HAI Progress Report, healthcare settings across the United States have achieved continued reductions in Clostridioides difficile […]

The Role of Accurate Hand Hygiene Monitoring Hand hygiene is universally recognized as the most effective preventive measure against HAIs, as underscored by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Manual observation, while widely used, is prone to observer bias and labor intensity.  As Dhar et al. observed, healthcare