C. diff Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings
Clostridioides difficile forms a spore that survives almost everything you’re using to disinfect a room. Standard hospital-grade disinfectant, the quaternary...
Disinfection
The Invisible Impact
What people see in a patient room is a clean environment. No visible soil. Everything in place. A perfect picture....
Dilution is Easy Until It’s Not
Mixing stations introduce variables that many cleaning programs don't account for. Water pressure fluctuates throughout the day and across different...
Staff Training: The Four C’s
I have developed a full staff training on the Four C's that we will be rolling out next week. These...
Know Your Microbial Targets: Choosing the Right Disinfectant for the Pathogen
Part 2 of the Choosing the Right Disinfectant Series By John Michael Weir | Environmental Services Professional In the first...
Confronting the Ghost in the Room: Why Candida auris Demands Aggressive Disinfection
In my 27 years of experience in Healthcare Environmental Services (ES), few pathogens have proven as mysterious or as resilient...
6 Microbial Secrets That Will Change How You See the World
Introduction: The Invisible Universe This article pulls back the curtain on this hidden world. We will uncover the story of...
The History of Phenolics In Healthcare Disinfection
Phenolic compounds have played a defining role in the history of medical disinfection, shaping modern practices in infection control and...
