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BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN INFECTION PREVENTION/EPIDEMIOLOGY,
SCIENTIFIC R&D, MANUFACTURING AND REGULATORY/COMPLIANCE
contents
Cover Story
Making the Business Case for Infection
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Prevention and Control

By Kelly M. Pyrek
Features
vol. 2 no.2
Columns
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Editor’s Letter
Doing Your Homework Creates a Strong Business
Case for IP&C
By Kelly M. Pyrek
Under the Microscope
Walking Through the Microscopic Valley of Death
By Rodney E. Rohde, PhD, MS, SM(ASCP)CM SVCM,
MBCM, FACSc
Infection Prevention
The Role of the Infection Preventionist in

What
to
Look
for
in
a
Vendor
Partner

Product Purchasing
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Evaluating Products and Technologies: Advice 24 Case Study
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From the Experts in Value Analysis

Contaminated Air and Surgical Infection Associated

By Linda Homan, RN, BSN, CIC

By Kelly M. Pyrek
A Environmental
Bundled Approach to Improving
20

Hygiene is Cost Effective for

HAI Reduction

By Kelly M. Pyrek
The Genesis of the Environmental Services
27

Optimization Project©

By John Scherberger, FAHE
Nurses
Raising Awareness About the Need
32

for Vascular Access Specialists and Expert Teams

in Hospitals: A Q&A With Constance Girgenti
and Sheri Pieroni

By Kelly M. Pyrek
on the cover
In the spirit of this month’s theme of making the
business case, we present an image showing a U.S.
one dollar bill covered with microbes. This piece of
currency was covered with a thin layer of agar gel
which contained a nutrient medium. After the agar
solidified, another $1 banknote was laid on the agar gel,
superimposing the embedded banknote for 5 minutes
and then removed. Bugs transferred from the banknote
started to grow in the agar gel and after four days
the colonies were photographed. Fungal colonies also
developed in the area where the banknote had been
imprinted, thus indicating where germs were present.
This image indicates that it is a good idea to wash
one’s hands after handling paper money. Courtesy of
SCIMAT/Science Photo Library
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By Sue Barnes, RN, CIC, FAPIC
With Implant Procedures
By Sue Barnes, RN, CIC, FAPIC
Patient Safety & Quality
35

2019-n-CoV: Lessons Learned from the

SARS Outbreak

By Kathy Warye
Hand Hygiene
36

Gloves: An Essential Component of Proper

Hand Hygiene

By Paul Alper
Sterile Processing
37

Current Standards Vital to Sterile Processing

Success: Does Your SPD Have the Latest?

By Julie E. Williamson
Environmental Hygiene
38

10 Commonly Asked Questions Relating to

Environmental Hygiene

By J. Darrel Hicks, MREH, CHESP
Healthcare Textiles & Laundry
39

Healthcare Textiles: How Clean is

Clean Enough?

By Gregory Gicewicz
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