Hospital increases cleanliness of dialysis boxes with new policy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Princy Joseph, DNP, MSN, RN, CIC, was on a mission: Lower the infection risk associated with a hospital’s nearly 100 dialysis wall boxes to protect vulnerable patients. “Contaminated wall boxes can become a source of pathogen transmission, especially through the hands of health care workers during routine dialysis care,” Joseph, an infection preventionist (IP) at Beth Israel