Category: Case Studies

The first-ever Global Report on Infection Prevention and Control from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that good hand hygiene and other...

Countries with lower average per-capital income generally lack the financial resources and facilities necessary for effective infection control and prevention (IPC), as...

5 Studies Show How Direct Observation Inflates Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates Due to Hawthorne Effect 5 Studies: How Observation Inflates Hand Hygiene...

Hand Hygiene Reminders Save Lives It’s well known among infection control experts that hand hygiene is the best defense against the spread...

Picture yourself as a nurse in a busy contemporary hospital. Is the scene you imagine a quiet one? If so, you probably...

“Do-the-2. Verify two patient identifiers — every patient, every time." This pithy advice from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston...

Sometimes a new more-powerful antibiotic is right under your feet. Dirt may be the answer to a new class of antibiotics scientists...

It’s no secret that sometimes animals are inadvertently responsible for passing on dangerous—possibly even fatal—illnesses and infections to humans. From tiny ticks...