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🚨The floor is an overlooked source of HAIs!🚨 👟Shoe soles & floors in patient areas harbor relevant pathogens 🧦Non-slip socks are worn and go in patient beds. We need studies to assess risk and sporicides that don't remove floor wax! #InfectionPrevention #PatientSafety

🔬The DiRTE Lab is hiring! 🧪 We're on the lookout for a Research Technician to dive into the fascinating world of environmental contamination and pathogen transmission! 🌍💡 If you love weird, but cool studies, reach out! #researchtech #hiring #environment #pathogens #STEM

Hand dryers are gross! New study reveals hand dryers in public washrooms disperse particles: 42.3% on wall, 31.6% on user's body (incl. hands), 11% on floor. Combine that with poor hand hygiene and imagine the possibilities! #PublicHealth #HandHygiene pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37463924/

Does the residue left behind by some wipes affect environmental contamination of pathogens? Our folks at the DiRTE lab took a look at the residue left behind by one type of wipe and how it impacted disinfection of SARS-CoV-2.

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Ok, but when did we as a society decide pickle chips were superior to spears? You need the contrast in textures! Mayor Guy Fieri please, help me understand or come to terms with it!

New in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Bobby Glenn Warren III et al. explore potential inequity in C. difficile testing at 3 Southeastern US Hospitals 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

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Results from a retrospective cohort study are calling attention to race-based inequities in inpatient #cdiff testing, with White patients experiencing greater testing rates compared to their Black and non-White non-Black counterparts. Learn more: hcplive.com/view/black-pat…

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Bobby Glenn Warren III, his DiRTE Lab, and the Duke Infectious Diseases team are back at it again! becky smith Erin Gettler Dev Anderson

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Healthcare Provider N95 Respirator Contamination Worn Behind Face Shields with SARS-CoV-2 during Routine Clinical Care of Patients with COVID-19 ✅ Just Accepted 🔓 Open Access 🔗 bit.ly/3Osh8gW

New podcast episode! 🎧 EIC @DavecNyc talks to Bobby Glenn Warren III, becky smith from DCASIP & Danielle A. Rankin about hospital sinks, toilets & hoppers as potential pathogen sources for HAIs Links below ⤵️

New in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology: Bobby Glenn Warren III et al. describe a lab-based study whose results suggest the superiority of qPCR over culture-based methods & efficacy of sponge sampling over swab and contact plate sampling methodologies. 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

🎉 Congratulations to Bobby Warren, MS, Director of DiRTE Lab, and Pamela Keels, Administrative Director for receiving the 2024 Dean’s Staff Awards from Duke University School of Medicine. We're so grateful to have your leadership here at the Department of Medicine! bit.ly/4aEgmWq

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New manuscript from the DiRTE lab on the contamination of physical therapy equipment and a novel disinfection cabinet! bit.ly/3A2KYUU

🆕 NEW in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology Bobby Glenn Warren III et al. describe the contamination of physical therapy equipment following standard disinfection and the efficacy of a novel disinfection cabinet on hard to disinfect items. 📄: doi.org/10.1017/ice.20…

Recently, I had the pleasure of celebrating with this year’s Dean’s Staff Awards winners. Congrats to these remarkable award recipients! Bobby Warren Pamela Keels Tara McNair Shirley Morton medschool.duke.edu/news/2024-dean…