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Maintaining the Microbiome: The Art of Balancing Colonization & Infection

Author: Deva Rea, MPH, BSN, BS, RN, CIC

July 8, 2019

Conventionally, we only think about the microbes on our skin and bodies when we become sick with an infection. Yet...

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Intestinal microbiome, bacteria colonizing small intestine

The Nose Knows: Addressing Surgical Site Infection Prevention & Antibiotic Stewardship Through Povidone-Iodine Antiseptic Nasal Decolonization

Author: Joan Hebden, RN, MS, CIC, FAPIC

May 27, 2018

Decolonization is an evidence-based patient safety practice with the goal of lowering the microbial bio-burden on patient body sites to...

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