Saving lives by addressing the critical issue of surfaces in healthcare environments. Passionately crusading, educating and supporting knowledgeable choices.
Seattle, WA
Joined April 2013
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Linda Lybert retweeted
Surface contamination must be addressed to reduce the transmission of HAIs. In honor of APIC’s #InternationalInfectionPreventionWeek, here is our guide to interrupting surface-related pathogens.
#IIPW #IIPW2022 bit.ly/3Sga3iy
Linda Lybert retweeted
We had a great discussion with @RodneyRohde @txst @txst_CLS discussing this ongoing issue, and some potential solutions on how to address it. #publichealth #MLPW #LabWeek
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Linda Lybert retweeted
One of my ALL-TIME FAVE #PatientChampions - @HAISurvivor is a wonderful advocate for raising awareness about #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR and #HAIs @HSSummit2 @HCsurfaces
Learn more about her story here! 👀👇CC: @ThePFID
Mary was diagnosed with chronic Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (HAI) which is a bacteria that creates a sticky biofilm throughout areas of the body that is resistant to many antibiotics. Mary’s Story: bit.ly/3wXyoCJ
#TheLabSavedMyLife #ASCPCHamps #HAI
Linda Lybert retweeted
Candida auris continues to emerge as a dangerous #antifungal resistant microbe in Oregon! lnkd.in/e-YXzjEz
Linda Lybert retweeted
Frustrating and sad! All human life matters. #VaccinesSaveLives
A #virus does NOT CARE who you are so Please protect yourself & those around you! #BeSafe #BeKind #RiskReduction
Anti-vax GOP lawmaker who disappeared after getting COVID has died: report rawstory.com/2656067722/
Linda Lybert retweeted
Our latest article examines how instructions for use (IFUs) often lack clarity on cleaning and disinfection and may conflict with CDC and other IP guidelines. #surfacesmatter #infectionprevention #HAIs
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Linda Lybert retweeted
3/3 GLOBAL vaccination rates, the 🦠 #SARSCoV2 virus will continue to find naive non-immunized hosts to mutate more rapidly in. ALL of these measures are part of a “layered” #RiskReduction for #CommunityHealth #BeKind #BeSafe #FollowTheScience More: youtu.be/RVQnyXSdMr0
Linda Lybert retweeted
4) Avoid travel, crowding & poorly ventilated areas 5) wash those hands 6) if vaccinated, get a booster post 6 months 7) & do Not panic. Lastly, S. Africa has one of the BEST genomic surveillance systems / experts in the world bc they had to deal w HIV. Until we have high 2/3
Linda Lybert retweeted
It is very important to state that we do not understand to date if Omicron is any more serious than Delta. The response should be 1) #vaccination including global #VaccineEquity 2) expect it’s already here & elsewhere 3) #MaskUp (esp. unvaxxed & in high-risk environment. 1/3
The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday, just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread
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Linda Lybert retweeted
If you are a professional in IP, Biomedical, Facilities Engineering, or EVS we would like to hear your experiences with medical device damage due to chemical exposure during infection prevention protocols.
Click the link below to take the survey today!
bit.ly/3wwycYP
Linda Lybert retweeted
“All surfaces – whether they’re classified as hard or soft – are fomites, and can be defined as “objects or materials which are likely to carry infection, such as clothes, utensils, and furniture.”
Visit our website to learn more:
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Linda Lybert retweeted
It's International Infection Prevention Week! #IIPW Meet Glenda Schuh, #infectionpreventionist and member of the HSI board of directors.
Linda Lybert retweeted
It's International Infection Prevention Week! #IIPW Meet Joanna Mills, #infectionpreventionist and member of the HSI board of directors.
Linda Lybert retweeted
HSI and AHVAP collaborated to develop a case study, wherein a large hospital purchased several hundred monitoring systems from a medical device company.
Visit our website to learn more:
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#HSI #healthcaresurfacesinstitute #stopthespread #surfacesmatter
Linda Lybert retweeted
Great study on how repeated wiping porous and non porous surfaces leads to abrasion and degradation. Are you over cleaning your surfaces?
#healthcare #patientsafety #infectionprevention #allsurfacesmatter #disinfection #sanitation
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Linda Lybert retweeted
The cost associated with surface disinfection incompatibility is higher than you think. We collected data in our new case study to show how costly it can be.
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#HSI #healthcaresurfacesinstitute #stopthespread #surfacesmatter #infectionprevention
Linda Lybert retweeted
We now have 140 #COVID19 patients in our hospital, more than any point since the pandemic began. It’s time we act now as a community to stop this unsustainable rise in hospitalizations.
Watch an important message from @katieoneallsu:
Linda Lybert retweeted
#AntimicrobialResistance is an ongoing, slow-burning #pandemic that needs massive attention / awareness / ACTION! lnkd.in/g_6A9_a
Linda Lybert retweeted
Risk of catching Covid from surfaces is low per many studies. Over cleaning surfaces shows damage. If damaged other bacteria can breed and spread on them.
#infectionprevention #AMR #Covid19 #patientsafety #publichealth #surfacesmatter
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Linda Lybert retweeted
Healthcare professionals, we need your help! We are conducting a survey on medical device damage due to chemical exposure while cleaning.
bit.ly/3uatXzH
#HSI #healthcaresurfacesinstitute #stopthespread #surfacesmatter #infectionprevention
