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Dangerous superbugs are on the rise in hospitals and new antibiotics won’t be here tomorrow to stop the spread. The answer that hospitals can implement right now is rigorous cleaning. For more information, find link in bio.

Dangerous superbugs are on the rise in hospitals and new antibiotics won't be here tomorrow to stop the spread. The answer that hospitals can implement right now is rigorous cleaning. See the New York Post article for more.

With dangerous superbugs on the rise, hospital cleanup means life or death When you’re a patient, which room or bed you’re put in largely determines your risk of getting infected.

The most important article of the year by Dr. Michael Parry from . Proof that cleaning hospitals rigorously saves lives.

Environmental cleaning and disinfection: Sustaining changed practice and improving quality in the community hospital | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology | Cambridge Core Environmental cleaning and disinfection: Sustaining changed practice and improving quality in the community hospital - Volume 2 Issue 1

RID is privileged to have been asked to participate in the SNF Nostos Health Conference taking place in Athens, Greece later on this week. We are very excited to share our important message about hospital infection control.

If your employer has asked you to come back to the office, check out our "Five Steps to Prepare to go Back to Work." These steps are easy to do and they will help keep you safe.

5 Steps to Prepare to go Back to Work - Hospital Infection Print here 5 Steps to Prepare to go Back to WorkBetsy McCaughey, Ph.D.If your employer has decided that it’s time for you to go back to the office, here are five things that you can do to help protect yourself from COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. Make disinfectant wipes, preferably with ble...

Oregon is now battling its first cases of Candida auris. RID was one of the first to warn about this rare but very serious fungal infection and insist that states like New York report cases in real time. For more information and guidelines on how to avoid Candida auris, please visit our website and click on the tab "Battling Candida auris."

Oregon's first ever cases of rare fungal infection reported in outbreak at Salem Hospital SALEM, Ore. — Oregon is reporting an outbreak of a rare but serious fungal infection at Salem Hospital, marking the state’s first ever documented cases of the infection. The Oregon Health Authority confirmed three cases of Candida auris in patients at Salem Hospital. Officials say the in...

Learning from the pandemic, "hospitals should use insights to revise 'outdated' infection prevention and control policies" -- new from Annals of Internal Medicine

Hospitals should use COVID-19 insights to revamp infection control policies, review suggests Hospitals should use insights to revise "outdated" infection prevention and control policies, a review published in Annals of Internal Medicine Nov. 9 suggested.

"Infection prevention... has made amazing gains in approaches to prevent COVID-19 transmission that could also be used to make hospitals and health care facilities safer every day, COVID-19 or not. This opportunity won’t last long..."

Infection Prevention Post-Pandemic: What To Keep? What To Stop? What does the post-COVID-19 future look like for infection preventonists? Great strides in infection prevention have been made because of the COVID-19 response, but look for them to be modified moving forward.