Blog - "PDI Perspectives"

Candida auris: Choosing the Right Lines of Defense

Author: PDI Healthcare

April 19, 2022

C. auris is an emerging fungal microorganism that is often resistant to antifungal disinfectants. Evidence shows that it can survive on...

How the Pandemic has Impacted Public Health Hand Hygiene: Product Demand and Product Safety

Author: Holly Montejano, MS, CIC, CPHQ, VA-BC

April 13, 2022

While hand hygiene has been a mainstay in healthcare infection prevention, the focus on this practice has been heightened in...

Is Novel 24-Hour Continuously Active Surface Disinfection the Answer to Environmental Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections?

Author: Amanda Thornton, CIC, RN, MSN

April 10, 2022

For about a decade, prior to the pandemic, there was a shift towards the control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) through...

PDI Perspective Podcast: ATP Testing in Healthcare

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

April 4, 2022

  PDI’s Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, interviews Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC, FAPIC – Director, Infection Prevention Management,...

Emerging Strategies for Effective Cleaning and Disinfection in Healthcare Settings

Author: Clinical Affairs PDI Healthcare

April 1, 2022

New research, technology, and strategies in cleaning and disinfection have been on the rise throughout the last decade in the...

Under the Microscope with Bill Rutala: Microbial Bioburden in Inpatient and Outpatient Areas Beyond Patient Hospital Rooms

Author: Dr. William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC

March 14, 2022

Microbial bioburden of inpatient and outpatient areas beyond patient hospital rooms authored by Cadnum JL, Peralmutter BS, Jencson AL, Haydar...

Under the Microscope with Bill Rutala: Pathogens on Environmental Sites in Patient Rooms

Author: Dr. William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC

March 7, 2022

Microbial assessment of healthcare-associated pathogens on various environmental sites in patient rooms after terminal room disinfection authored by Kanamori H,...

USP <797> Cleaning and Disinfection: Update for the Infection Preventionist

Author: Clinical Affairs PDI Healthcare

February 28, 2022

“The very first requirement is that it should do the sick no harm.”  – Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)  One may ask,...

The Potential of Continuous Active Disinfection (CAD): The Clean Does Not Fade Away

Author: Marc-Oliver Wright, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC

February 15, 2022

There have been some seismic shifts in how we provide healthcare over the past few decades. In the mid-1980s, we...

Pandemic Survival Checklist

Author: David Weber, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, FMSM (London)

January 11, 2022

As of  11 January 2022, the U.S. had approximately 62 million cases of COVID-19 leading to 839,500 deaths. COVID-19 cases...

Under the Microscope with David Weber: Update on the COVID-19 Variant, Omicron

Author: David Weber, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, FMSM (London)

As of 10 January 2022, the United States has had 60,090,637 cases of COVID-19 leading to 837,664 deaths. COVID-19 cases...

The Impact of the Human Touch

Author: Debra Hagberg MT (ASCP), CIC

January 10, 2022

One may think that this blog is about the emotional or social impact of the human touch. But let’s face...