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Scientific Articles and Abstracts
Healthcare Personnel Attire and Devices as Fomites: A Systematic Review.
Are ball pits located in physical therapy clinical settings a source of pathogenic microorganisms?
Rate of contamination of hospital privacy curtains in a burns/plastic ward: A longitudinal study
Mucormycosis outbreak associated with hospital linens.
Efficacy of Treatment of Reusable Grocery Bags with Antimicrobial Silver to Reduce Enteric Bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus inactivates daptomycin by releasing membrane phospholipids
Surgeons Set Guidelines for Proper Attire Both In and Out of OR
Statement on Operating Room Attire
Are gym surfaces reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus? A point prevalence survey
Efficacy and functionality of silver-coated textiles in patients with
atopic eczema
Dermatology in the military field: What physicians should know?
Degowning the controversies of contact precautions for
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A review
Taking Swipes at Chlorhexidine Wipes
Patient Preference in Dermatologist Attire in the Medical, Surgical, and Wound Care Settings
Effective assembly of fimbriae in Escherichia coli depends on the translocation assembly module nanomachine
Inactivation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium
(VRE) on Various Environmental Surfaces by Mist
Application of a Stabilized Chlorine Dioxide and Quaternary
Ammonium Compound-Based Disinfectant
Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant
Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in a College
Student Athlete Population
Degowning the controversies of contact precautions for
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A review
Challenges to improving combat casualty survival on the battlefield.
Certified Athletic Trainers' Knowledge of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Common
Disinfectants
Hospital Outbreak of Pulmonary and Cutaneous Zygomycosis due to Contaminated Linen Items From Substandard Laundry
A Pharmacological and Toxicological Profile of Silver as an Antimicrobial Agent in Medical Devices
Delivery of healthcare to patients with infecti... [Voen Med Zh. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI
An Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter
baumannii-calcoaceticus Complex Infection in the
US Military Health Care System Associated with
Military Operations in Iraq
Acinetobacter baumannii in casualties returning from Afghanistan
Advances in medical biological defense technology
Assessment of athletic health care facility surfaces for MRSA in the secondary
school setting
Antimicrobial Active Clothes Display No Adverse Effects on
the Ecological Balance of the Healthy Human SkinMicroflora
Severe atopic dermatitis is associated with a high burden of environmental
Staphylococcus aureus
Body site colonization in patients with community-associated
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other types of
S. aureus skin infections
C Dif high colonization 2014
Clostridium Difficile Infection: Management Strategies for a Difficult
Disease
Preventing Clostridium difficile Infection: Clarifying Common
Misperceptions
Are gym surfaces reservoirs for Staphylococcus aureus? A point prevalence survey
CDC: ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE THREATS in the United States, 2013
Chlorhexidine gluconate reduces transmission of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus USA300 among Marine recruits.
The Evolving Landscape of Healthcare-Associated Infections: Recent
Advances in Prevention and a Road Map for Research
Guidelines for the prevention of infections associated with combat-related
injuries: 2011 update: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America
and the Surgical Infection Society
Fully synthetic method can create thousands of antibiotic candidates
Pathogen uses promiscuous molecule to scavenge metals
Evolutionary Biologists are challenging old dogmas about the way antibiotics should be used
Evaluation of potential environmental contamination sources for the presence
of multidrug-resistant bacteria linked to wound infections in combat casualties.
Guidelines for the Prevention of Infections Associated With Combat-Related Injuries: 2011 Update
Gram-negative multidrug-resistant organism colonization in a US military
healthcare facility in Iraq.
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Pertinent On-Line Articles
Why Your Doctor’s White Coat Can Be a Threat to Your Health
The Lab Coat Is on the Hook in the Fight Against Germs
14 of the Most Germ-Ridden Spots in Your Own Bedroom
The Ugly Reality of Privacy Curtains
Your hospital bed is probably full of deadly germs
Germs, Bacteria, and Your Hospital Bed
Is your workplace a bacteria cafeteria?
SCIENTIST AT WORK: CHARLES GERBA; On Germ Patrol, at the Kitchen Sink
Aligning the IP's Laundry Message With the C-Suite Mindset
How Infection Preventionists Can Affect a Hospital's Bottom-Line With Effective Linen Strategy
Diligence in Infection Prevention is Key to Maintaining the Quality of Laundered Healthcare Textiles
Navigating the Intersection Where Healthcare Laundry and Infection Prevention Meet
Rethinking Sterile: The Hospital Microbiome
How your hospital can make you sick
History of the Medical Use of Silver
Food safety must accompany food and nutrition security
Hand washing focus in hospitals has led to rise in worker dermatitis
Clinicians Know, but Bend, Rules for Antibiotic Prescribing
CDC investigates deadly bacteria's link
to doctors' offices
The Rising Spread of Drug-Resistant Superbugs
Consumer Food Handling Practices
Lead to Cross-contamination
Towels top kitchen contamination hazards list
US Hospitals Improve Infection Control, More Work Ahead: CDC
USA300 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus emerging as a cause of
bloodstream infections at military medical centers.
Laundering White Coats - We are asking the wrong question!
Your Pillowcase Might Be Causing
Your Breakouts
Ban on visitors sitting on patients’ beds "demeaning"
Falling Out of Love with Chlorhexidine: Chlorhexidine and HAIs no go 2015
Taking Swipes at Chlorhexidine Wipes
Hijacking Bacterial Anchors to Fight Superbugs
Norovirus: How you can stay safe
Deadly Superbugs Can Masquerade as Ordinary Bacteria
History of the medical use of silver.
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