NEW YORK POST: Hospital germ horror
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention new data show the agency vastly underestimated the threat of a superbug raging through our hospitals and nursing...
ICT: How Clean are the Pillows in Your Hospital?
When patients are admitted into a hospital room that has been prepared for a new patient, they anticipate the room has been properly disinfected and is free from harmful pathogens known to cause healthcare-associated...
Ebola crisis: Administration takes politically correct approach, ignores science
On Monday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention head Thomas Frieden announced a new policy on health care workers returning from Ebola-plagued West Africa.
Still Wrong Ebola Fix
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced its new Ebola strategy Monday. Beyond more training and more protective gear for hospital staff, the CDC is also encouraging states to designate certain hospitals for...
Dallas’ Ebola Errors
RoseAnn DeMoro, head of National Nurses United, is warning that hospitals in the U.S. “are not ready to confront” Ebola. But Thomas Frieden, MD, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention insists...