Assessing the risk of hospital transmission of COVID-19

By oksana | May 29, 2020

As hospitals move past the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of hospital-transmission looms large. Elective services will reopen and patients who have not been exposed to COVID-19 as a result of the broadly successful lockdown will come into hospitals and risk exposure to patient (and staff) with COVID-19 infections. How big is this…

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The importance of training in getting the best out of disinfectant wipes

By oksana | August 14, 2019

Staff training is a vital component of achieving effective hospital cleaning and disinfection. During the study by University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) (in which the trust switched from a two-step cleaning & disinfection process to one-step detergent/disinfectant wipe), training was an integral part of the implementation. With any change, the staff on the ground need to understand what’s changing,…

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