Surgical Suite Articles

Environmental Infection | 2.2.22

Aramark Sanitization Wash Process

As an innovative leader in infection prevention, we take our role seriously. That’s why we’ve developed an advanced cleaning process ...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 2.2.21

Profend® Nasal Decolonization Success Story – Hunterdon Medical Center

Nasal decolonization is a proven intervention to help reduce the risk of infections by removing harmful pathogens that live in...

Environmental Infection | 10.10.19

Utilizing a Business Case to Link Reduction in Infections to Reduction in Costs

In a recently published clinical poster titled Utilizing a Business Case to Link Reduction in Infections to Reduction in Costs,...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 8.15.19

The Hidden Danger of Biofilms

Biofilms are complex communities of microorganisms that can attach to both biotic and abiotic surfaces and represent one of the...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 6.26.19

The bioMérieux EPISEQ®CS offering is a new Epidemiology Service to help healthcare institutions manage outbreaks

It’s estimated that one in 31 patients in the US suffers from a healthcare associated infection (HAI) and costs are...

Diagnostics | 1.9.19

Benefits of Presurgical MRSA Testing

With our aging population in the US, the projection for the number of total hip and total knee arthroplasty procedures...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 1.7.19

Reducing SSIs in the Era of Payment Reform

Colonized patients are up to 9 times more likely to develop an SSI,1 and more than 8 out of 10...

HAIs: Types and Pathogens | 9.19.18

Implementing single-patient-use ECG cable & lead wire systems to reduce surgical site infections

As the number of surgical procedures performed in the United States continues to rise, so does the burden of surgical...