American Journal of Infection Control

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) are multi-drug resistant organisms that pose a significant risk in the healthcare setting. Standardized identification ensures prompt isolation and is imperative to maintain patient safety.

In June 2021, a task force commissioned by the Board of Directors of the Association for Professionals in Infection Prevention and Epidemiology (APIC) evaluated the landscape of health inequity and health disparities as they apply to infection

Scabies is a skin infection caused by the ectoparasite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis.1 It is transmitted by close person-to-person contact, which makes it easy to spread in household members and between sexual partners.2,3 Ordinary scabies usually

Health care-associated infections (HAI) are a significant cause of morbidity and health care costs, affecting over 1 million patients annually. Patient contact has been associated with contamination of health care workers’ hands or clothing and

COVID-19 relief programs have been instrumental in supporting large-scale testing, vaccination, and treatment efforts over the past year; however, the recent dwindling of federal funding risks a backslide in pandemic protection, with disproportionate

Sterile processing personnel routinely decontaminate medical devices that are heavily contaminated with blood, tissue, and patient secretions. Recent studies illustrate the potential for contamination from clinically used endoscopes to spread

Hand hygiene is considered as one of the significant components of hospital infection control. By improving hand hygiene adherence, health care associated infections can be significantly reduced.1,2 COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV2(severe acute

Standard precautions (SP) and transmission-based precautions (TBP) are fundamental for the prevention and control of the spread of microorganisms in health care facilities.1 Although the benefits of TBP are recognized, individuals in TBP are exposed

Wearing a face mask is a primary public health method to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

During viral respiratory pandemics in the twenty-first century, most health care workers have used lightweight disposable filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) and should have undergone quantitative fit testing (QNFT) as a part of a dedicated