Posts by Caroline Kochelek

Caroline Kochelek

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Caroline graduated in 2015 from Grove City College with a BS in Biology. She started her career in hematology research with the Blood Research Institute in Wauwatosa, WI. After almost 2.5 years she made the jump to medical device sales as an associate and Clinical Specialist in pain management and neuromodulation devices. Caroline has been with Altapure since January of 2019, fully immersing herself into the infection prevention/control and hospital epidemiology industry. She very much enjoys the discourse on the subject and is passionate about providing hospitals with the proper technologies to keep patients and healthcare workers safe in the post-antibiotic era.

Misleading Math: Kill Claims and Log Reduction

Abstract Logarithmic reduction is pervasive in the cleaning and disinfection literature, but many do not appreciate what it actually describes. The EPA guidelines on disinfection...