
Rates of health care-associated infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. Investigators have found that often the infections came from the patients themselves. But how?

Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, infection prevention consultant (including consulting for Global Life Technologies Corp., the makers of Nozin Nasal Sanitizer antiseptic; Former corporate director of infection control at Prisma Health; 2020 President of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)

Rates of health care-associated infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. Investigators have found that often the infections came from the patients themselves. But how?