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A Unique Perspective on National Compliance Rates to the Central-Line Bundle

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

September 6, 2019

Every Infection Preventionist should know what The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) bundle checklist is to prevent CLABSIs...

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Swipe right if compatible

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

February 28, 2019

It would be nice if there was just a “one-stop-shop” disinfectant that would do everything7: kill claims for all the...

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Mitigating Risk in the Transmission of Epidemologically-Important Pathogens in the Healthcare Setting

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

September 4, 2018

A multi-pronged approach to environmental decontamination There is a lot of evidence showing transmission of pathogens both from surfaces in...

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Preventing Legionnaires Disease

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

December 20, 2017

Did you know that one in ten persons who contract the Legionnaires disease will die from it? (1). Although it’s...

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