American Journal of Infection Control

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that colonizes the gut and is the most common cause of infectious diarrhea among healthcare settings. C. diff infection (CDI) is a clinical diagnosis with laboratory support; there is no laboratory

Hand hygiene (HH) is the simplest, most effective act to prevent the spread of pathogens in health care. To achieve 100% HH compliance, access to current compliance rates and details of missed opportunities for timely interventions are integral

Water intrusion in healthcare facilities is a complex, time sensitive issue. Priorities include mitigation of safety risks and resuming normal operations as soon as possible. On 10/31/22 at 0500, staff arrived to discover flooding at our six-suite

Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are well-known concerns in human healthcare, but less is known about them in animal populations. When a New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli (CP-CRE), was identified at an animal rescue

Through a one team approach, a 226-bed pediatric hospital including a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), a pediatric specialty care unit (PSCU), a pediatric medical/surgical unit (Peds M/S), a pediatric

Evidence supports implementing central line (CL) maintenance bundles and nurse-led rounding interventions to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs). In a Tennessee intensive care unit (ICU), increased CLABSI rates were

Little is known about infection prevention and control (IPC) program gaps subsequent to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Infection Prevention and Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) tool is used to assess

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

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the daily responsibilities of the Infection Prevention Department (IPD) have been exacerbated by the high demand of Regulatory Agencies, medical staff and patients. Consequently, infection preventionists (IPs