American Journal of Infection Control

The scale of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has required rapid development of both governmental and institutional policies and protocols to minimize transmission. While lessons drawn from past pandemics and emergency preparedness

In the manuscript titled, “Impact of the influenza vaccine on COVID-19 infection rates and severity,” Conlon et al. explored the relationship between influenza vaccination and positive COVID-19 test results among patients tested for COVID-19 within

We read with great interest the recent manuscript by Hansen et al. describing the validation of an automated hand hygiene monitoring system (AHHMS).1 We agree with the authors’ statement that validation of system accuracy is critical to widespread

The authors would like to thank Moore et al. for their interest in our article. In their letter, they reference several interesting studies, but they do not meet all four methodological criteria suggested in our article. Importantly, the studies are

The year 2020 was unprecedented in many ways, one of which was the tremendous attention given to appropriate hand hygiene practices in the fight against SARS-CoV-2. Hand hygiene has finally gained global recognition from policy-makers, health

The safety and wellbeing of healthcare personnel (HCP) is paramount to caring for patients and communities affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Previous research suggests that HCP may be at increased risk of

In December 2019, unexplained pneumonia occurred successively in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Chinese scholars isolated the virus from the patient samples and completed the whole genome sequencing on January 10, 2020. On January 11, 2020, the World

The topic of this Journal Club commentary is the article “Impact of a C. difficile Infection (CDI) Reduction Bundle and Its Components on CDI Diagnosis and Prevention” by Blanco et al. This quasi-experimental pilot study explored the impact of a C

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

Despite continuing efforts, Clostridioides difficile has proven to be difficult to control in health care settings with only modest declines in hospital-onset C. difficile infection (HO-CDI) in recent years.1-3 The epidemiology surrounding C