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How Adding a New Product to Your Hygiene Bundle Can Help Reduce Costs & Improve Patient Outcomes
- November 30, 2020
Reducing costs is a serious business in acute- and post-acute care facilities. Hospitals must manage budgets by looking at their expenses...
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Protecting the Skin Under PPE
- July 10, 2020
The problem is a common one in the healthcare industry: Prolonged wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) creates heat, moisture and...
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The Role and Risks of Estrogen in Treating Post-Menopausal rUTIs
- March 12, 2020
There is a well-documented link between post-menopausal reductions in estrogen and the prevalence of recurring urinary tract infections (rUTIs), and ongoing...
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Road Map to Reducing HAIs: CAUTI in Acute, Surgical, and Long-Term Care Settings
- February 3, 2020
The federal government’s National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination, launched in 2009, is a multidisciplinary...
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Optimal Skin pH and Why It Matters
- December 23, 2019
Optimal Skin pH and Why It Matters The importance of “healthy” skin can’t be overestimated. In fact, our skin health is...
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Antiseptic Stewardship: A Call to Action
- December 1, 2019
For more than 4,000 years, mankind has been fascinated with cleaning and treating wounds in order to improve their chances for...
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Road Map to Reducing HAIs: CLABSI in Acute, Surgical and Long-Term Care Settings
- November 1, 2019
In 2009, the federal government implemented Phase 1 of the National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to...
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The Hidden Danger of Biofilms
- September 4, 2019
Bacterial infections represent a major threat to patients in the acute and post-acute setting, particularly in patients who are immunocompromised, suffering...
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Clostridioides difficile Infection Prevention: The Role of Patient Bathing and Issues With Current Practice
- August 27, 2019
Introduction: Burden of CDI In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named infection with Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile)...
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The High Cost of Hospital-Acquired Conditions
- July 24, 2019
Hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), or nosocomial infections, affect millions of patients and add billions to global healthcare costs each year. 5 Most...
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