It's been over a half-century since the medical community first heard a cautionary reminder from Sir Alexander Fleming (who discovered penicillin) about avoiding overuse of antibiotics. In the last decade, the clarion call for judicious antibiotic use swelled to world-wide attention with the emergence and rapid rise...

  This month brings a worldwide focus on hand hygiene and infection prevention. Recent articles and blog posts have reiterated the importance of this small action, but also highlighted the never-ending lament that compliance is not 100%. The CDC recently emphasized the role of patients and...