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
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Recent Articles
Applying the Hierarchy of Controls to the Seven Aspects of Surface Selection™
The Healthcare Surfaces Institute has recently adopted a combination of the Hierarchy of Controls and the Seven Aspects of Surface Selection™ as a quick guide for patient and healthcare worker safety as it relates to surface selection.
Coming to Terms: Clean and Cleaning
Cleaning and disinfection are NOT interchangeable terms, but many treat them as if they were. Surfaces appearing to be clean might not necessarily be clean when scientifically quantified or qualified. Remember, what you can’t see, can hurt you.
National Public Health Week
April 1st kicks off National Public Health Week. Each day is dedicated to a specific public health need. For today’s topic, “Healthy Communities,” we discuss how the health of our communities is directly impacted by the way we interact with the surfaces in our environment and healthcare settings.
#SurfacesMatter in Pathogen Transmission
What most people do not understand about the environment is that there is an entire world of unseen microbes hiding on all surfaces. Bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbial life can exist, at least for some time, on almost any surface known to humankind. Likewise, many of us do not realize that “clean does not necessarily mean microbial clean.”
Infection Control Today Publishes Article on the 2018 Healthcare Surfaces Summit
Infection Control Today Publishes Article on the 2018 Healthcare Surfaces SummitCheck out this new article published in Infection Control Today on the 2018 Healthcare Surfaces Summit, “Unprecedented...
2018 Healthcare Surfaces Summit Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery 2018 Healthcare Surfaces Institute Annual SummitHealthcare Surfaces Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; all donations are tax-deductible. Copyright © 2021 Healthcare...
3rd Annual Healthcare Surfaces Summit is Underway
3rd Annual Healthcare Surfaces Summit is UnderwayHealthcare Surfaces Summit is underway (August 21 & 22 at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Hotel). We’re looking forward to active...
Reducing Gaps in Surface Sampling and Testing in Healthcare
There is no shortage of regulations, requirements, consensus standards, and protocols for processes and procedures in healthcare. Relative to healthcare surfaces and their impact on infections and illness however, there is a great deal of fragmentation both within and across oversight and standards setting groups.
Welcoming Keynote Speaker, EPA’s Dr. Stephen Tomasino
HSI To Welcome Keynote Speaker, EPA’s Dr. Stephen Tomasino The healthcare industry’s leading nonprofit, focused on the role of surfaces in the transmission of healthcare-associated infections,...
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