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2023 contents healthcarehygienemagazine vol . 5 no . 10
BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN INFECTION PREVENTION / EPIDEMIOLOGY , SCIENTIFIC R & D , MANUFACTURING AND REGULATORY / COMPLIANCE cover story
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Horizontal Healthcare Hygienic Practices Can Mitigate Hospital-Onset Clostridioides difficile Infection
By Kelly M . Pyrek
feature
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Multi-modal Strategies Enhance Environmental Cleaning , Prevent HAIs
By Kelly M . Pyrek columns from the editor
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Biofilms and C . diff are Among the Myriad Challenges to Environmental Hygiene Efforts By Kelly M . Pyrek
under the microscope
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Wastewater Surveillance Works
By Rodney E . Rohde , PhD , MS , SM ( ASCP ) CM , SVCM , MBCM , FACSc
sterile processing
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Sterile Processing Leaders , Do You Know How ST108 Affects Device Processing ? By Susan Klacik , BS , CRCST , CIS , CHL , ACE , FCS
hand hygiene
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Prevention as Our First Line of Defense With Hand Hygiene as a Top Priority By Robert P . Lee
long-term care infection prevention
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Empower and Protect : Winning Strategies Against COVID , RSV , and Flu in Long-Term Care Facilities By Buffy Lloyd-Krejci , DrPH , MS , CIC , LTC-CIP
on the cover
Don ’ t miss our look at how simple interventions can fight C . difficile infections , starting on page 16 . Under a magnification of 3006X , this scanning electron microscopic ( SEM ) image depicts a large grouping of rod-shaped , Grampositive Clostridium difficile bacteria . These organisms were obtained as a result of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness , and were cultured from a stool sample . The bacteria were extracted using a . 1 ¬µ m filter . Courtesy of CDC / Lois S . Wiggs
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