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2021 healthcarehygienemagazine
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN INFECTION PREVENTION / EPIDEMIOLOGY , SCIENTIFIC R & D , MANUFACTURING AND REGULATORY / COMPLIANCE vol . 3 no . 4
contents
Cover Story
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CLABSIs Provide a Snapshot of How COVID-19 Impacted HAIs , Clinical Capacity By Kelly M . Pyrek
Features
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Origins of Disease : On the Quest to End COVID-19 , the Most Critical Question Yet May Be How SARSCoV-2 Causes Illness By Ekaterina Pesheva
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Value- and Science-Based Healthcare Evaluation and Purchasing By John Scherberger , FAHE , T-CSCT , VPEI
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Wrap It Up : The Pros and Cons of Instrument Packaging By Mary Olivera , MHA , CRCST , CHL , FCS
on the cover
Magnified 7,766 times , this scanning electron microscopic image depicted a number of red blood cells found enmeshed in a fibrinous matrix on the luminal surface of an indwelling vascular catheter . In this instance , the indwelling catheter was a tube that was left in place , creating a patent portal directly into a blood vessel . The erythrocyte in the center had undergone the process of crenation , whereupon it developed a number of cell wall projections , thus transforming it into what is termed an acanthocyte , or spur cell . Courtesy of Janice Haney Carr / CDC
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Coronavirus : The ‘ Gift ’ That Keeps on Giving ? By Kelly M . Pyrek
Under the Microscope
The Infection Prevention and Environmental Services Professions By Rodney E . Rohde , PhD , MS , SM ( ASCP ) CM SVCM , MBCM , FACSc
Infection Prevention
Developing a Respiratory Protection Program By Hillary Hei , MPH , CIC , LSSGB
Sterile Processing
Peeling the Onion : How C-Suite Involvement , Consulting Can Spur Big Improvements in the SPD and Beyond
By David L . Taylor III , MSN , RN , CNOR
Hand Hygiene
Making the Business Case for Infection Control Technology
By Paul Alper
Vascular Access Infection Prevention
Vascular Access Infection Prevention Back to the Basics With ANTT Best Practices By Nancy Moureau , RN , PhD , CRNI , CPUI , VA-BC
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