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September 16, 2014 Hand sanitizer Hand hygiene Barry Michaels Hand sanitizer Hand Sanitizer Effectiveness CDC Infection Prevention in Healthcare Infection Prevention - Workplace and Public Areas Butterfly Effect Ebola

Is Ebola the “Bat-out-of ...

My esteemed blogging colleagues have written much on the subject of the most recent and de...

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July 15, 2014 Hand Hygiene Education Antibacterial hand wash Gloves Washing and drying Food workers Hand hygiene Food processing Hand hygiene compliance Food Employees Food Preparation Dry Winter Skin Dermatitis Chapped Skin Hand hygiene Barry Michaels Hand Hygiene Training & Education Healthcare Hand Hygiene Hand sanitizer Hand Washing Occupational Skin Disease Preventing Occupational Skin Disease Chemical Hazards Outdoor workers Skin cancer Skin damage Ultraviolet radiation Hand Washing Behavior Industrial Soap Hot water

What Happens When Our Ski...

One would think that taking care of our skin should be no big deal, that our skin will und...

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November 19, 2013 Antimicrobial resistance Barry Michaels Clostiridium difficile CDC carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Infection Prevention in Healthcare Cross-contamination Prevention - Food Industry WHO superbugs

Superbugs and Antibiotic ...

For the last century, medical professionals and microbiologists have waged a war against g...

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August 20, 2013 Hand hygiene compliance Hand hygiene Prevention and Control of Infections Barry Michaels Julie Storr WHO 5 Moments Cross Contamination Hand Hygiene Training & Education Motivation Healthcare-Associated Infections Hand Hygiene Facilities and Supplies Infection Prevention in Healthcare

Achieving Reduced Infecti...

Hand hygiene is the simplest and most effective, proven method to reduce healthcare associ...

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May 15, 2013 Handwashing promotion Contaminated surface Infection Prevention and Control Education Hand hygiene C. difficile Barry Michaels Cross Contamination Hand Hygiene Training & Education Norovirus Soap versus Sanitizer Hand Washing Efficacy Occupational Skin Disease Infection Prevention in Healthcare Cross-contamination Prevention - Food Industry Infection Prevention - Workplace and Public Areas

Got a Hand Hygiene Questi...

We all know that making hand hygiene contagious is not easy, but if the wealth of question...

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May 08, 2013 Hand sanitizer Hand Washing Hand Hygiene Efficacy Infection Prevention in Healthcare Norovirus Barry Michaels C. difficile

Hand Washing or Hand Sani...

A fly swatter is a device with no innate efficacy exhibited by the device itself but whose...

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February 20, 2013 Flu Prevention Hand sanitizer Hand hygiene Viruses Flu Barry Michaels Epidemic Hand Washing CDC Viruses of Winter Respiratory Viruses Airborne Flu Viruses Flu Transmission Infection Control Measures SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronaviruses Infection Prevention - Workplace and Public Areas

Respiratory Viruses and S...

While winter is on the wane, our viruses of winter are still not finished with us yet. Wit...

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January 23, 2013 Long Term Care Gloves Washing and drying Food workers Diarrheal pathogens Hospital Cleaning Virox Infection prevention Viruses Disinfecting Environmental Cleaning Barry Michaels Cross Contamination Norovirus Norwalk Winter Vomiting Disease Stomach Flu Epidemic Hand sanitizer Infection Prevention in Healthcare Cross-contamination Prevention - Food Industry Infection Prevention - Workplace and Public Areas

Norovirus Often Epidemic ...

Norovirus (shortened from Norwalk virus) causes epidemic illness with common names that in...

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January 16, 2013 Hand hygiene compliance Hand hygiene Prevention and Control of Infections Barry Michaels Julie Storr WHO 5 Moments Cross Contamination Hand Hygiene Training & Education Motivation Hand Hygiene Facilities and Supplies Infection Prevention in Healthcare