Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC

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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)

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Nose germs (Adobe Stock, unknown)

Infections in Hospitals Are Rising—The Nose Is a Primary Source 

June 16th 2023

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?