Karen Hoffmann, MS, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA

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Karen Hoffmann, MS, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA, adjunct clinical instructor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, former associate director of the North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology (SPICE), 2019 President of the Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), Consultant for Global Life Technologies Corp., the makers of Nozin Nasal Sanitizer antiseptic.

Articles

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?