Hub Hygiene

20/03/2019

01/02/2019

Applying hospital-based outbreak tools helped researchers identify a community MRSA outbreak

01/02/2019

In-hospital stethoscope cleaning practices may only be partially effective at eliminating bacterial DNA.

01/02/2019

In 2014, approximately 14.2 million inpatient operations were performed in U.S. hospitals. A survey of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevalence, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, revealed an estimated 157,500 surgical site infections associated with inpatient surgeries in 2011. A...

01/02/2019

A recent study detailed that stethoscopes have the potential to be a vector of HAI transfer, showing they are loaded with bacteria.

16/01/2019

After 6 NIH hospital patients developed infections from waterborne bacteria, investigators found contamination in facility pipes and faucets.

10/01/2019

Congratulation Hub Hygiene inventors! Our company product is finally patented! (Patent #10,166,085)

02/01/2019

Happy new year from Hub Hygiene!

24/12/2018

Stay warm, safe, and healthy for this year's Christmas! Remember to wash hands, and get a good night sleep, healthy food, and some exercises!

24/12/2018

Health experts on Sunday urged the administrations of federal capital’s hospitals to implement Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to avoid transmission of life-threatening infections to protect the lives of doctors, healthcare workers and patients. According to them, the concerned health authori...

24/12/2018

https://www.aacc.org/publications/cln/cln-stat/2018/december/20/sounding-the-alarm-on-antimicrobial-resistance

Reports worldwide highlight the rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), underscoring the need to step up surveillance and pathogen testing, more prudent use of prescription antibiotics, and simple hygiene to reduce this threat to world health and economies.

24/12/2018

Studies that do not consider time of infection may overestimate the impact of hospital-acquired infections on patient outcomes, according to the results of a new study.