Episode 5: 

Today on Level Up Infection Prevention, Michelle Strange and India Chance are addressing environmental infection control… one of Michelle’s favorite topics!

Episode Highlights: 

• What is environmental infection control 
• Op set up to encourage environmental infection control
• 1 step vs 2 step disinfecting processes 
• EPA registration number
• Barrier Wrapping and PPE

Quotes:

“Less is more in this situation” 

“We are healthcare settings, my hospital room doesn’t feel warm and fuzzy”

“It needs to be a minimum of a cleaning step in these processes, it needs to have a surfactant in that product” 

“We don’t know what the patients have … sometimes they don’t even know”

“You need to have hospital-grade disinfectants” 

“If it says 10 min … you better make sure that surface is wet for 10 min”

Resources and Links: 

OSHA: https://www.osha.gov

OSAP: https://www.osap.org 

Michelle Email: [email protected] 

India Email: [email protected]

A Tale of Two Hygienists: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com 

Learn to Prevent: https://www.learn2prevent.com