American Journal of Infection Control

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

The Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (APIC) Long-Term Care (LTC) Sub-Committee was formed to provide collaboration, education, and support to Infection Preventionists (IPs) working in LTC facilities. During 2020

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were an estimated 223,900 hospitalized patients and 12,800 deaths with an attributable 1 billion dollars in healthcare costs. CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network System