Category: Infection Prevention Control

Protecting newborns from infection in healthcare settings

Each year, a staggering 3.6 million babies globally will die within the first four weeks of life. Tweet This As a mother, the safety of my baby is of utmost importance to me. Yet each year, a staggering 3.6 million babies globally will die within the first four weeks of life. Tragically, many of these Read More >

January 13, 2017 by Rachel Smith, Medical Epidemiologist2 Comments

Archive, child health

infection, infection control, Infection Prevention Control, neonatal infection, newborns, prevention, safety and healthcare, SHEPheRD

Hard But Fulfilling Work in the Fight Against Ebola

The fruit bat dropped silently from the delivery room ceiling and quickly crawled away as the nurse explained how she mixed the 0.5% chlorine solution used to sterilize the medical instruments. It was a normal day of assessing the infection prevention and control (IPC) procedures of peripheral health units (PHUs) in the rural areas of Read More >

July 21, 2015 by Steven Mischler, MS, Physical Scientist, CDC National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Archive, Ebola, infectious disease

field work, frontline workers, Infection Prevention Control, Kambia, Sierra Leone, West Africa