Hospital room and surface decontamination has become an increasingly important point of focus for infection preventionists, but that wasn’t always the case. A manuscript published in the Annals of ...

Hydrogen peroxide vapor may be more effective than ultraviolet radiation for environmental decontamination, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. For this ...

The Central Sterile Processing Department at Banner North Colorado Medical Center now has an upgraded decontamination room with new equipment to increase efficiency. Banner North Colorado Medical ...

Jackson Hospital tested its ability to handle a surge of patients and decontamination area that is part of the hospital’s $7.5 million renovation and expansion by running through a drill on Thursday.

-Emergency preparedness for potential chemical, biological and radiological decontamination. NORWALK, Calif., May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Norwalk Community Hospital is hosting the Los Angeles County ...

Installing germicidal ultraviolet (UV) air purification devices that run 24/7 in an endoscopy room alongside standard cleaning protocols substantially reduced bacterial colony-forming units (CFU) of ...

CAPTION: Alan VanDusseldorp, EMS coordinator at Memorial Hospital of Burlington, stands outside the emergency preparedness unit. Hospital staff recently received training on how the unit works.

Marsha Wallander, RN, is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: We have a GI (endoscopy room) situated by the post-op/nurse’s ...