Linda Lybert

Saving lives by addressing the critical issue of surfaces in healthcare environments. Passionately crusading, educating and supporting knowledgeable choices.

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

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 https://t.co/1yRFBPtQTK

[Contagion @Contagion_Live]

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

https://t.co/pGdY9ovELJ

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

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

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

Candida auris continues to emerge as a dangerous #antifungal resistant microbe in Oregon! https://t.co/xzDPIgLcE1

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

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

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

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
https://t.co/xSEdDg6gnF

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

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: https://t.co/OuutcgW15u

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

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

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

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

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

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!
https://t.co/aLydx24KB9

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

“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:
https://t.co/Ih28yB3ssA

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

It's International Infection Prevention Week! #IIPW Meet Glenda Schuh, #infectionpreventionist and member of the HSI board of directors.

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

It's International Infection Prevention Week! #IIPW Meet Joanna Mills, #infectionpreventionist and member of the HSI board of directors.

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

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:
https://t.co/6XV8h84E7o
#HSI #healthcaresurfacesinstitute #stopthespread #surfacesmatter

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

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
https://t.co/TmZCfAiPh9

[Healthcare Surfaces Institute @HSSummit2]

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.
https://t.co/KeK3A10Acl

#HSI #healthcaresurfacesinstitute #stopthespread #surfacesmatter #infectionprevention

[Linda Lybert @HCsurfaces]

@HSSummit2 Sustainable solutions begins with understanding the problem!

[Linda Lybert @HCsurfaces]

@DelthiaRicks Watching the science despite frustration is the only way to mitigate this virus.

[Our Lady of the Lake Health @ololhealth]

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:

[Rodney E. Rohde, PhD "Doc R" @RodneyRohde]

#AntimicrobialResistance is an ongoing, slow-burning #pandemic that needs massive attention / awareness / ACTION! https://t.co/rgfVHFQnUL