Understanding Hygiene Courtesy Of The Latest Publications Of John M Boyce MD

By Eric Murphy


Infectious diseases are among the more severe health concerns today. Since the early days of medicine, physicians realized how important it was to develop efficient solutions to combat these adverse medical conditions. Conditions like the plague, cholera and typhoid have afflicted the lives of millions of people across the world. Investigating the causes and the solutions for the infectious diseases remains to be a top priority for the scientists and the doctors around the world. This brief article features the works and the bibliography of one of the eminent scientists and researchers in this particular domain. His name is John M Boyce MD.

The world has the Washington University Medical University to thank for giving us Dr. Boyce. The would-be medicine hall-of-fame legend was first introduced to medicine at this college. Four years later, he graduated being one of the top students in his class. Afterward, he continued his studies focusing more on the methodology behind the spread of common contagious and infectious diseases at a university in Houston, Texas.

Most of his notable achievements came about while he was a lecturer at Yale University. At the peak of his career, the professor held the prestigious position of the Director of Epidemiology studies and Infection Control methodology at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Come the year twenty-fifteen the academician retired from that position.

Prior to venturing into the research at Yale, the doctor was an acclaimed academic counselor. He was the chairperson and the president of SHEA. He was appointed to this important position immediately after graduating from the Washington School of Medicine in nineteen seventy-nine. Dr. Boyce has also worked as the lead epidemiologist at a leading hospital in Providence.

Dr. Boyce has a vast experience spanning back some forty years. He has spent his entire career researching and investigating the epidemiology of the most prevalent contagious conditions. According to his research findings, most of the high-risk infectious medical conditions are easily preventable. All it takes to prevent and deter conditions like typhoid and cholera in a hospital environment or a home surrounding is hygiene.

Dr. John has researched on tularemia, bubonic plague, and cholera and dysentery as well. His research findings place a huge emphasis on how it is possible to avoid all the negative side-effects associated with infectious and contagious medical conditions just by being hygienic. Simple measures like disinfection and proper hygiene are all that is needed to curtail the emergence of such diseases mostly.

The scientist has written many books and papers on this niche. The renowned researcher has also co-authored numerous guidelines for hand hygiene. He is one of the leading contributors of the WHO guideline for hand hygiene and healthcare. Today, the doctor sits on the panel of experts on the American Hospital Healthcare Association Board. It is a well-known fact that this scientist has well over one hundred publications.

Consequently, Dr. Boyce has gone ahead to gain a rock-star status amongst doctors. He is a well-recognized figure who commands a lot of respect and authority in the epidemiology realm. The prizes and honors to his name and credit continue to surge and grow daily. Every hospital he has worked in has ended up giving him an award.




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