American Journal of Infection Control

Our national cross-sectional survey of United States hospitals found greater implementation of contact precautions for multi-drug resistant organisms and a higher percentage reporting use of supplemental no-touch disinfection devices among Veterans

This review aimed to synthesize the evidence on infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions for the prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) amongst healthcare workers (HCW) or patients within primary care facilities.

Our national cross-sectional survey of United States hospitals found greater implementation of contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms and a higher percentage reporting the use of supplemental no-touch disinfection devices among

This review aimed to synthesize the evidence on infection prevention and control interventions for the prevention of health care–associated infection among health care workers or patients within primary care facilities.

Mycobacterium franklinni is a ubiquitous organism that can cause lung, skin, and soft tissue infections. Due to its pervasive nature, it can be a source of outbreaks via contamination of shared medical equipment or tools. When investigating outbreaks

To determine the relationship between home disinfectant use and the prevalence of antibiotic resistance among environmental isolates of human pathogens.

Non-host organisms can establish long-term residence within or on the human body, a process known as colonization. This process starts at birth and eventually leads to the development of a relatively stable, complex group of organisms known as normal

In the article ..úCurrent issues in reprocessing of medical and surgical instruments...Ñ John Whelan in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (2023;51(10):1185-88) was incorrectly published in the October issue of the journal

The primary goal of infection prevention programs is to prevent healthcare-associated infections. To achieve this goal, infection prevention interventions typically focus on ensuring that personnel follow appropriate practices to minimize the risk

Each year in the United States there are over 11,000,000 hospital-based ambulatory surgeries and over 10,000,000 inpatient surgical procedures.1 Each of these procedures involves contact by a surgical instrument with a patient's sterile tissue