Disinfecting vs. Cleaning: What’s the Difference?

By Darrel Hicks Abstract: When educating the public, we often use words like clean, disinfect, and processed interchangeably. What is often overlooked is that to infection control practitioners, the differences are quite large. Knowing the difference between these...

Disinfecting Athletic Facilities

According to the CDC, disinfecting athletic facilities is a critical step in preventing the spread of infectious and potentially deadly germs like MRSA. At the professional level, the NFL.com reported, “Despite five surgeries to treat a serious staph infection,...

MRSA & Antibiotic Resistance: We’re on a collision course

By Rodney E. Rohde, PhD Abstract: On any given day, approximately 1 in 25 inpatients in U.S. acute care hospitals has at least one healthcare–associated infection (HAI), adding up to about 722,000 infections in 2011. Pneumonia and surgical-site infection are the most...