Correctional News, one of the leading correctional industry trade media outlets, featured Armor Health’s Chief Infection Prevention Officer Dr. Raj Palraj in a recently published article.

The article detailed Palraj’s new role and how the hiring marks the first-time a correctional healthcare company has established a Chief Infection Prevention Officer position.

Along with his position with Armor Health, Dr. Palraj is currently a member of the Infection Control Specialty Council, Infectious Diseases Specialty Council, and Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee for the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He also serves as an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. To learn more about Dr. Palraj and other Armor leaders, click here

The objective of the CIPO is to further improve the above–standard strategies currently deployed to protect Armor patients from COVID-19 while also establishing programs that will fortify the healthcare company’s approach to avert future pandemics and infections our high-risk population of patients is susceptible to contracting and spreading.

To read the Corrections News article, click here

Founded in 1994, Correctional News is specifically dedicated to correctional facility construction, maintenance, and operations. The news source is widely read by facility operators and managers as well as architects, contractors, and suppliers.