consisted of either a foam core or air cells/bladders and a polyurethane coated nylon cover, which was manually disinfected but not removed between patients. After initial training, there was not monitoring of the installation of the cover between patients.

The hospital contracted with the same environmental services (EVS) company during all periods of the study. Quaternary ammonia compounds were used for terminally cleaning of all rooms, except for isolation rooms. Isolations rooms were cleaned with hydrogen peroxide disinfecting solution (Oxycide^®^). There were no changes to terminal cleaning procedures during the study. Prior to May of 2018, the majority of the testing was by nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) done by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (Biofire^®^) starting in March 2014 and Gastrointestinal Panel (Biofire^®^) starting in June 2016. Although theA decade ago, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the latest legislative effort to close the persistent gap between how much women and men earn. Here's why it hasn’t made much of a difference.

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Supreme Court justices stood with Brett Kavanaugh, his wife Ashley, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on the day of Kavanaugh’s investiture.
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