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|Articles|December 26, 2022

Top 10 Most Popular Infection Control Today Articles of 2022: 10, 9, 8

This last week of 2022, Infection Control Today® reviews the most popular articles. Here are the 10th, 9th, and 8th.

Infection Control Today® (ICT®) strives all year to give you the best, most helpful information to do your job. Starting with the 10th most popular article, we will countdown the Top 10 most popular articles ICT® posted in 2022.

Here are ICT®'s 10th, 9th, and 8th most popular articles from 2022:

10th Most Popular: COVID-19 Infecting White Tail Deer to Create Transmission Danger

COVID-19 seems to be present in many white-tail deer. The danger posed by that includes COVID-19 mutating into a new variant that reinfects humans, says a study.

9th Most Popular: Environmental Measures Disrupt Transmission of HAIs

Time, staff, and budget constraints make it difficult to expand HAI mitigation programs despite the obvious and urgent need to do so.

8th Most Popular: Best Handwashing Technique: WHO’s 6-Step Process Is Effective, but Data Inconclusive

The goal of the review was to examine the efficacy of the World Health Organization’s 6-step handwashing technique and compare its efficacy with other handwashing techniques.

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