Infection Control Today


	May 19, 2020


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	Keeping the Supply Chain Intact in the Age of COVID-19

For those working in healthcare, the relationship with the supply chain department is an increasingly important one. Between daily mask utilization and supply reporting to scrambling to find more supplies, those working in healthcare supply chains were working exceedingly hard to keep our heads above water.

Survey: COVID-19 Test Kit Supply Needs to Triple Before Elective Surgeries Can Restart

COVID-19 testing capabilities would have to increase by at least 211% in order for hospitals and other healthcare facilities to resume providing elective procedures and diagnostic services.

Q&A: Everybody’s Looking to Infection Preventionists for Answers These Days

Brooke Decker, MD: “Keep in mind that right now you’re generating those stories that you’re going to be telling junior colleagues for decades to come.”

Don’t Let Hand Hygiene Standards Dip When COVID-19 Ebbs

Most healthcare staff understand the importance of hand washing, but visual cues for staff and patients are essential in the ongoing education of hand hygiene best practices and are especially helpful for nurses working long shifts.

Breaking the Chain: How to Better Contain Infection Risk During Hospital Construction

Renovation or construction that happens in preexisting spaces or occupied areas have very different sets of challenges than the building of new facilities.

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