May 2020 Bug of the Month
Bug of the Month helps educate readers about existing and emerging pathogens of clinical importance in healthcare facilities today.
Establishing Vascular Access Teams for Patient Safety
The discussion and research underscore the potential advantages of vascular access services teams (VASTs) for assessment, insertion, management, complications reduction, and staff education.
Breaking the Chain: How to Better Contain Infection Risk During Hospital Construction
Renovation or construction that happens in preexisting spaces or occupied areas have very different sets of challenges than the building of new facilities.
Long-Term Care Facilities Particularly Vulnerable to COVID-19 (and Criticism)
The media, public health officials, and politicians are accused of being too quick to find fault with nursing home providers.
When COVID-19 Knocks on Nursing Homes’ Doors, Systemic Problems Welcome It
These pathogens are relentless, they are evolutionarily programed to win, and they are currently doing just that.
When It Comes to Fighting Covid-19, Some Problems Can’t Be Masked
One hospital has asked workers to consider shaving their beards.
Searching for the Missing Link (Nurse)
Ideally, link nurses increase awareness of infection control issues and motivate colleagues to improve in that regard, keeping patients and themselves safer by limiting the spread of HAIs.
A Conversation With Judd Hollander, MD: How Telehealth Can Address the COVID-19 Outbreak
