Surfaces Matter™
A BLOG BY THE HEALTHCARE SURFACES INSTITUTE, a division of ISSA
Learn about the latest challenges and solutions addressing the spread of surface-related infections in healthcare environments
Featured Article
How Inconsistent IFUs Can Lead to Regulatory Fines and Patient Safety Risks
The responsibility to efficiently and effectively clean and disinfect healthcare facilities to support patient safety and reduce healthcare-acquired infections is a top priority.
Recent Articles
The 3 Pillars of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute: Validation, Selection, Disinfection
Surfaces are a foundational issue in infection prevention. There are many aspects to this complex problem, and it requires a collaborative effort to address them all. The Healthcare Surfaces...
A Mattress is an Assembly: Complaints of Fluid-Leaking Patient Mattresses
The ability to clean and disinfect surfaces in hospitals is an issue of utmost importance to public health – but is not often discussed with the public. The Washington State Nurses Association...
Gelest Becomes a Sponsor of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute
HSI is pleased to welcome Gelest as a Silver sponsor of the Institute! Gelest is a US-based manufacturer and global supplier of specialty silicones, organo-silanes, metal-organics, and acrylate...
HSI Welcomes Two New Board Members
HSI is excited to announce that Nancy Schlossberg and Barbara Strain have joined the Healthcare Surfaces Institute board of directors. “Ms. Schlossberg and Ms. Strain have unique areas of expertise...
I am a Survivor: The Devastation of Healthcare-Associated Infections
My name is Mary Millard, and I am a patient who lives with a chronic healthcare-associated infection (HAI). This is my story. Up until the fall of 2014, I was a healthy 55-year-old with an...
Environmental Services: Taking on Impossible Tasks Every Day
It is Environmental Services Week – a time to recognize the teams of healthcare services professionals committed and dedicated to cleaning and disinfecting our healthcare facilities. And the truth...
Recalls of Medical Equipment Due to Cleaning Agent Damage Highlight Need for a Call to Action
The Association for Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) continues to collaborate with the Healthcare Surfaces Institute (HSI) to improve the state of patient care through understanding...
Infection Control in the Digital Age: How to Keep Handheld Devices (and Your Hands) Clean
Thorough disinfection of mobile computers, tablets, and other devices is critical in workplaces and public spaces. But there is a right and wrong way to do it. When the pandemic started, many people...
HSI Announces New Board Member Ellen Turner
Ellen Turner brings diverse experience and expertise to the HSI Board of Directors We are thrilled to announce the addition of Ellen Turner to our board of directors. Her insight and contributions...
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