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: Ambulatory clinics attend to COVID-19 patients, often in spaces with less than ideal ventilation. Testing and treatments can often include aerosol-generating procedures. Portable high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration units have been

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 1174-1188, March 2023.

Contaminated laundry contributes to infectious disease spread in residential and home health care settings. The objectives were to (1) evaluate pathogen transmission risks for individuals doing laundry, and (2) compare hand hygiene timing to reduce

Health care acquired infections (HAIs) remain a major problem despite ongoing global efforts. Data provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 31 hospitalized patients acquire an HAI annually.1 This represents over $30

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

An emergent pneumonia outbreak happened in the late December 2019. Researchers have quickly isolated a new virus from the patient and sequenced its genome [1]. The infectious agent of this disease was identified as a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 2137-2152, May 2024.

To prepare NYS hospitals for reporting in The National Healthcare Safety Network's Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module, the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) launched a voluntary Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative (ASC) in

To prepare NYS hospitals for reporting in The National Health Care Safety Network's Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (AUR) Module, the Health care Association of New York State (HANYS) launched a voluntary Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative (ASC)