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Osborn, RN, manager of the Medical Center of Central Georgia's prevention and control center. Ms. Osborn attributes the reduction in hospital-associated infections in large part to the use of her UV disinfector
on rooms that bed patients and a nightly rotation in the surgical suites.
High-touch surfaces
Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, DO, medical director of infection prevention
and division chief of infectious diseases at Cambridge Health Alliance
in Cambridge, Mass., and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard
Medical School, recently put UV disinfection systems to the test.
Could they curb a rise in surgical site infections in prosthetic joint
cases? Dr. Bruno-Murtha looked at all possible culprits of infection,
CU THERE Antimicrobial copper has potential
applications throughout the clinical environment.
ANTIMICROBIAL ADVANCES
Solutions for Safer Surgical Surfaces
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eyond the basics of sprays and wipes, research has developed hightech solutions for surface disinfection. We asked infection prevention experts to weigh in on some of the latest options.
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