October 15, 2018

Infectious Diarrhea Spores Survive High Temperatures of Hospital Laundering  October 16, 2018 [Science Daily] “Washing contaminated hospital bedsheets in a commercial washing machine with industrial detergent at high disinfecting temperatures failed to remove all traces of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), a bacteria that causes infectious diarrhea, suggesting that linens could be …

October 11, 2018

You recently retired after 15 years as head of Consumers Union’s Safe Patient Project. What led you to focus your career in patient safety? I took a long road to patient safety but it was actually a fairly natural development. My work with the Safe Patient Project allowed me to …