American Journal of Infection Control

Microfiber products are frequently viewed to be an important component of environmental cleaning and disinfection protocols, having demonstrated superior microbial removal compared to other cleaning textiles in some studies.1-4 Microfiber is

“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

To describe characteristics, hospitalization and death for reported cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Oklahoma City tri-county area.

Under the Spaulding classification (1), endocavitary probes or external probes scanning non-intact skin are considered semi-critical devices and must undergo, at least, high level disinfection between uses. Most disinfection guidelines and

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges with regard to standard infection prevention practices and the proliferation of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs)1; 2. Several outbreaks of MDROs within COVID units have been described in the

–Previous single-center studies suggest that exposure to a room previously occupied by a patient with CDI may increase the risk of CDI in subsequent patients. We evaluated the risk of previous room occupant on CDI risk across 5 adult hospitals.

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a major problem for the healthcare system with prevalence ranging from 5-15% of hospitalized patients and up to 9-37% of those admitted to intensive care units (ICUs).1 Prevention of HAIs is crucial for

It is widely acknowledged that effective hand hygiene (HH) among healthcare workers (HCWs) is one of the most important infection prevention strategies available1, 2; and therefore, is a key element of infection prevention and control guidelines.3

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that had spread rapidly around the world and caused thousands of deaths.1 As of 18 September 2021, more than 227 million cases and 4.67 million

Due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on March 16, 2020 to carry out nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 as extensively as possible to contain the pandemic1: