Some people might dream of owning a professional football or baseball team. Right now, I’m wishing I owned a nursing home. Then I could immediately fire all the people who deserved it.
Don’t let the bed bugs bite at your facility
By
Patrick T. Copps
Jan 09, 2013
Once a pest expected only to be encountered on rare occasion, bed bugs are more prevalent than you’d think in healthcare facilities — especially in long-term care and assisted living facilities....
BioMask helps minimize spread of flu
Jan 02, 2013
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is warning providers to brace for a challenging flu season. Medline’s recently-introduced BioMask is one way providers can target the flu bug.
Breaches of basic infection control practices — why?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jul 30, 2012
Basic infection prevention and control isn’t rocket science. It is essentially following some general guidelines. Some of them pretty simplistic. Not too hard right? You would think, but …
CDC devises new way to estimate flu-related deaths
Aug 30, 2010
Many healthcare workers may be familiar with this statistic: Each year, roughly 36,000 people die from influenza. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is walking away from this decades-old...