Contaminated laundry contributes to infectious disease spread in residential and home health care settings. The objectives were to (1) evaluate pathogen transmission risks for individuals doing laundry, and (2) compare hand hygiene timing to reduce
Health care acquired infections (HAIs) remain a major problem despite ongoing global efforts. Data provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate that 1 in 31 hospitalized patients acquire an HAI annually.1 This represents over $30
An emergent pneumonia outbreak happened in the late December 2019. Researchers have quickly isolated a new virus from the patient and sequenced its genome [1]. The infectious agent of this disease was identified as a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2