Hospitals should be safe havens for healing. Yet every year, one in 25 patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI) while in the hospital. Of these 1.7 million HAI cases, ...

Hospital room and surface decontamination has become an increasingly important point of focus for infection preventionists, but that wasn’t always the case. A manuscript published in the Annals of ...

A UK hospital study finds infectious MPXV virus lurking on patient room surfaces, raising questions about environmental transmission and the role of cleaning in keeping outbreaks at bay. Rapid ...

Arlington, Va., March 17, 2022 – New data published today suggest that adding aerosolized hydrogen peroxide (aHP) to hospital infection prevention protocols can effectively reduce Clostridioides ...

Air is the primary carrier of heat, moisture, contaminants, and airborne pathogens in patient rooms, isolation rooms, and operating rooms. Temperature levels and contaminant concentrations in patient ...

In addition to documenting the cleaning of its general areas, Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center also ensures cleaning of its ORs and procedure rooms are properly documented. The ASC ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Datavant, a leader in helping organizations securely connect health data, announces that it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help healthcare ...