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Health care's most pressing infection prevention challenges
Dynamic response is required to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria and emerging pathogens
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Environmental Services
INFECTION PREVENTION
VHA initiative reduces MRSA in veterans' living center
Active surveillance, decolonization, strict control of the environment contribute to reduction
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Environmental services
Environmental services teams recruit disinfecting robots
Does your health care facility use automated disinfection technology to enhance cleaning protocols?
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Infection prevention
Hospitals sing and dance to promote hand hygiene
Infection preventionists break out their best lyrics and moves for APIC's seventh annual film festival
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Infection Prevention
Yearlong study maps diversity and flow of microbes in new hospital
Hospital Microbiome Project brings new insight on microbial interaction between patients and surfaces
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AHE Perspective
Celebrating National Healthcare Environmental Services Week
It's the perfect time to highlight the work of this crucial health care department
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Environmental Services
Lessons learned from an UV implementation project
Academic medical center learns that adaptability, training and oversight are keys to success
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Environmental Services
Selecting and implementing a UV disinfection system
Six steps to adopting new cleaning technology
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Infection prevention
Hospital studies effectiveness of hand-hygiene monitoring systems
Emory University is using a CDC grant to evaluate how electronic systems impact compliance and HAIs
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Environmental services
AHE, university partner to launch ES educational program, certificate
First-ever academic certificate in health care environmental services in a hospitality program
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