Surface disinfection’s significance in infection prevention: Since the days of Ignaz Semmelweiss, Florence Nightingale, and Robert Koch, hand hygiene (hand disinfection) has been recognised as critical in the control of diseases. Their scientific and practical work yielded insights that are still relevant today. Surface disinfection or environmental disinfection, in contrast to hand hygiene, has remained […]
What is infection prevention and control? Infection prevention and control is a sub-discipline of epidemiology focusing on reducing healthcare-associated infections, or diseases contracted when visiting clinics and hospitals. [1] Defeating Omicron: Defending Employees Against the New COVID-19 Variant: The COVID-19 epidemic continues to pose a threat to populations across the world. Which is why more […]