One of the joys of travelling is never truly knowing if
you're going to get home when you hope to.
Yesterday, was one such day. Rush
hour traffic was in my favour, I made it from New Haven, CT to Hartford in
about an hour and even had time to enjoy a relatively "nice" dinner
and glass of red wine. Then Mother
Nature hit leaving me stranded in the Bradley International Airport in
Hartford, CT yesterday for 4 hours due to weather conditions - apparently it's
a health hazard to have ground crew servicing planes during thunder and
lightning storms. For anyone travelling
via Hartford, I would like to point out that the stores and restaurants close
by 8pm!!! so, if there is even the REMOTEST chance you're plan may delayed and
you may get hungry or thirsty later - stock up, even if you do not think you'll
need it!
The upside of sitting around in airports is that you get
the opportunity to catch up on your reading and yesterday I had the perfect
opportunity to peruse some of the blogs I loyally follow. As introduced back in January, one of the ways
we want to educate is through sharing of blogs that we think are noteworthy and
worth following. Social Media whether
through blogging or tweeting or any other forum is about having a conversation
on topic that is of interest to you! The
Talk Clean To Me we focus on topics related to the use of Chemical
Disinfectants and Infection Prevention – this is the stuff we know and know
well. This week I’m taking the concept
of #FF to the Blog-Sphere and want to introduce to a couple of blogs that I
think are worth following!
CDC's Safe Healthcare where "opinions expressed are
those of its authors and may not represent the official positions of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and
Human Services" shares experiences from the trenches covering virtually
any topic an IP may be interested in.
You never know, you may find the answer to your current infection
prevention dilemma!
Controversies in Hospital Infection Prevention is written by ID Docs or Hospital
Epidemiologists Eli, Mike and Dan. Touch
on current topics or newly published in
Infection Prevention, and share articles
by other authors that they are worth reading.
They also include useful reference links, presentations and an extensive
list of other noteworthy blogs! Did you know that the Jumbo Squirting Bowtie was an IP's Dream attire?
Hand Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Food Safety Blog
by the DEB Group, a leading company in hand hygiene and skin care products,
leverages their relationships with experts around the world to provide weekly
blogs on topics pertaining to hand hygiene, infection prevention and food
safety. You may recognize the blog they
posted this week if you read the Talk Clean To Me blog we posted a few weeks
back on School Absenteeism!
That’s it for this #FF!
I hope you turn on your inner geek and check out some of these blogs!
Bugging Off!
Nicole
