American Journal of Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic affected universities and institutions and caused campus shutdowns with a transition to online teaching models. To detect infections that might spread on campus, we pursued research towards detecting SARS-CoV-2 in air samples

Since COVID-19 was first reported, the scientific community has worked hard to battle COVID-19. In the last months, vaccination rates increased and hospital admissions, mainly in developed countries, are decreasing. However, COVID-19 dedicated units

Mobile communication devices, especially smartphones (SPs), have become an essential part of everyday life. The number of SP users in Germany exceeded 60 million in 20201. Despite their frequent usage, most people, even healthcare workers (HCWs)

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic of 2019 has caused historic disruption to personal and public health and well-being. Despite the unprecedented rates of mortality due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide, a large portion of frontline healthcare

While SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections are expected, reporting on breakthrough infections requiring hospitalization remains limited. This observational case series report reviewed ten individuals hospitalized with vaccine breakthrough

A range of personal protective equipment (PPE) is available for HCP. In most clinical scenarios where PPE is required, it will comprise either a surgical mask (Mask) or a particulate respirator (Resp), with or without eye protection. In the majority

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of a germicidal ultraviolet light-emitting diode (LED) on the contamination level of a back table in the operating room (OR) during total joint arthroplasty (TJA) procedures.

Adherence to hand hygiene (HH) in healthcare settings has been highlighted as one of the most effective measures to prevent and control healthcare-associated infections (HAI). It is therefore regarded as a highly important and effective safeguard for

Portable Medical Equipment (PME) such as workstation-on-wheels (WOWs) and vital signs machines (VMs) are routinely used by healthcare workers (HCWs) for patient care.1,2 Transmission of healthcare-associated infections has been attributed to PME and

Patient-facing health care workers (HCW) experience higher rates of COVID-19 infection, particularly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, rates of COVID-19 among front-line home health and hospice clinicians are relatively unknown.