American Journal of Infection Control

Since May 2022 the world is facing the largest MPOX (formerly monkeypox) virus outbreak described so far in nonendemic countries, considered by the World Health Organization as a public health emergency of international concern.1

Since May 2022 the world is facing the largest MPOX (formerly monkeypox) virus outbreak described so far in non-endemic countries, considered by the World Health Organization as a public health emergency of international concern.1

Among hospitalized US Veterans, the rate of non-ventilator associated hospital acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) decreased between 2015 and 2020 then increased following the onset of COVID-19.1 This increase in NV-HAP rates could be driven by elevated risk

In nursing facilities (NFs) urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, costly, and morbid representing the second most frequent infections preceded only by respiratory conditions.1,2 The prevalence of UTIs in NFs ranges from 0.6% to 21.8% and the

In December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread across the world. Because transmission dynamics were poorly understood in the

Antibiotics are commonly used among residents in the nursing home (NH) setting in the absence of sufficient evidence to indicate a bacterial infection,1 placing residents at increased risk for the development of adverse drug reactions and antibiotic

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

International Health Regulations (IHR) established that countries should use existing national structures and resources to detect, report, and control events involving diseases or deaths above expected levels in a given period. Certain nosocomial

It has been nearly a year since COVID-19 was first described, and the current surge in cases coincides with the holidays, which is a difficult time to be alone. We acknowledge and lament that nursing home residents and their families have borne the

Given N95 respirators (N95s) supply chain constraints in the United States, many healthcare facilities have turned to extended use protocols and new N95 sources.1-3 In our healthcare system, these sources have ranged from alternative N95 models