Think back to the last construction or maintenance project at your hospital. Were you nervous about infection control problems? Wondering if you’d installed all the necessary control measures? Probably. But it seemed like the only option was to cross your fingers and pray that everyth

As humans, we don’t always do what we should. Take, for instance, my new lifestyle change. I can usually convince myself to make a salad for lunch, but sometimes Jimmy John’s is just easier, tastier and more cost-effective. In other words, sometimes it’s easier to take the path of lea

Most of us are familiar with an ICRA Permit, the standard one-page generic form that is recycled time and again, from facility to facility.  The form, that is (usually) completed by an Infection Preventionist or Hospital Safety Resource just days (or moments) before the project begins