American Journal of Infection Control

Health care workforce recruitment into the field of infection prevention and control (IPC) is imperative to address attrition and maintain safe patient care. Association for Professionals in Infection Control (APIC) Badger Chapter in Wisconsin

New York State (NYS) mandates reporting of all hospital-associated communicable disease outbreaks. We describe trends in NYS surveillance for neonatal unit methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks, the evolution of national MRSA

New York State (NYS) mandates reporting of all hospital-associated communicable disease outbreaks. We describe trends in NYS surveillance for neonatal unit MRSA outbreaks, the evolution of national MRSA infection prevention and control (IPC)

This cross-sectional study describes the content of the 100 most liked videos on TikTok using the hashtag #monkeypox. The videos in the sample received 472,866,669 views and 56,434,700 likes. Most (67%) of the videos were created by consumers

Excessive OR traffic could predispose to surgical site infections (SSI), especially longer clean surgeries with implants. OR traffic disrupts airflow in the OR and increases particle counts. Direct observation of the OR traffic could provide

During the fall and winter of 2022, there was an increase of pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), COVID-19, and influenza in addition to other respiratory viruses. Previous studies

Environmental disturbances which occur during construction or renovation projects can create an infection prevention and control (IPC) risk in healthcare settings. Through the Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) process, Infection Preventionists

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) created a set of Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) tools in 2016, however, the tools are not comprehensive nor regularly updated. The Indiana Department of Health’s (IDOH) Infection

The SARs-COV-2 pandemic created a great number of challenges in the field of healthcare. While most patient care units occasionally experience obstacles assuring patient safety, behavioral health units present their own unique challenges when

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common, most expensive healthcare-associated infections. In 2019, spinal fusions and laminectomies are associated with the most excess SSIs at an urban, 420-bed acute care hospital. Adherence to