American Journal of Infection Control

Hand hygiene improvement is a critical part of effective infection prevention and control (IPC) and therefore constitutes a priority for patient and health worker safety. However, hand hygiene compliance in healthcare settings remains sub-optimal

Introduction: Medical devices can be reservoirs of multidrug-resistant bacteria that may be involved in the acquisition of infections since bacteria with the ability to form biofilms that are difficult to eradicate, mainly in mechanical ventilators

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The skin is the human body's biggest organ and a powerful first line of defense against infection. Both the innate and adaptive immune systems use the skin as a physical barrier to infections as well as a mechanism of surveillance and reactive

Health care personnel (HCP) have experienced significant SARS-CoV-2 risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.1–3 Approximately 500,000 COVID-19 cases and 1,635 deaths from COVID-19 among United States (US) HCP were reported to CDC through May 2021.3 HCP

This case study is part of a series centered on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance definitions. This specific case study focuses on the

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is the third leading aetiological agent in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); it is responsible for 10.23% of all HAIs in Spanish hospitals and is the most frequently found pathogen in mechanical ventilator

My timing could not have been better to reach out to the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) requesting an Applied Practice Experience placement. As a research doctoral candidate focused on health equity in

“This Research Committee Take-aways: Implementation Science Commentary is part of an ongoing activity of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Research Committee. The primary purpose of this section in AJIC is to