Why Contact Time Matters: The Most Overlooked Step in Infection Prevention
The Science of Clean: Why Contact Time Is the Step That Changes Everything Every day in hospitals across the country, Environmental Services workers walk into patient rooms and do something most people don't think about: they help stop infections before they start. You may not wear a white coat, but the work you do sits at the center of patient safety—and science backs that up. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that on any given day, [...]

















