American Journal of Infection Control

Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has been used widely in the United States for indication of community incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic, but less is known about the feasibility of its use on a building level in nursing homes to provide

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health service practices underwent significant changes, impacting the occurrence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This study presents the epidemiology of bacterial infections and compare clinical data on

Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 has been used widely in the United States for indication of community incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic, but less is known about the feasibility of its use on a building level in nursing homes to provide

The human gastrointestinal tract is home to a dense and diverse microbiome, predominated by bacteria. Despite the conservation of critical functionality across most individuals, the composition of the gut microbiome is highly individualized, leading

“Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it—turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself—so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.” –Marcus Aurelius“If

Dear Editor,

The team at NYC (New York City) Health+Hospitals/Kings County would like to express our appreciation to Janet K. Schmidt, Infection Preventionist, Jacksonville University, Mayo Clinic Health System, for the comments on our paper in the October 2023

This nationwide, multicentric, retrospective analysis of 1,126,946 COVID-19 cases (March 2020-June 2022) aims to elucidate the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on mortality in patients with a sole solid malignancy.

We quantified antibiotic prescribing for ambulatory pediatric acute respiratory illness at 22 institutions in "pre-shortage" (Jan 2019-Sep 2022) and "shortage" (Oct 2022-Mar 2023) periods for amoxicillin. While acute respiratory illness prescribing

Central line (CL)-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) occurring in the ICU are common and associated with a high burden.