American Journal of Infection Control

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated previously existing health care challenges related to hospital-acquired infections. Nursing students were deployed to augment staffing shortages and mitigate incidences of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

This study investigated whether socio-spatial factors surrounding U.S. skilled nursing facilities related to Covid-19 case counts among residents, staff, and facility personnel and deaths among residents.

This study investigated whether socio-spatial factors surrounding United States skilled nursing facilities related to Covid-19 case counts among residents, staff, and facility personnel and deaths among residents.

In this online survey of 1,733 US adults in December 2021, respondents believed COVID-19 vaccines are less beneficial and less safe for someone who had already had COVID-19. Those who experienced COVID-19 after being vaccinated believed that the

Starting January 4, 2021, our health system core microbiology laboratory changed blood culture identification (BCID) platforms to ePlex BCID from BioFire BCID1 with the additional capability to detect the blaCTX-M-Type gene of ESBL-producing

In this online survey of 1,733 US adults in December-2021, respondents believed COVID-19 vaccines are less beneficial and less safe for someone who had already had COVID-19. Those who experienced COVID-19 after being vaccinated believed that the

We describe the results of an infection control intervention, implemented in 4 tertiary hospitals in Romagna, Italy, aiming at containing the spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE).

Identify urinary catheter (UC)-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) incidence and risk factors (RF) in 235 ICUs in 8 Asian countries: India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Identify urinary catheter (UC)-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) incidence and risk factors (RF) in 235 ICUs in 8 Asian countries: India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

This retrospective study examined the presence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in hospital water environments. Results showed that CPE was detected in 41.5% of samples within 1 meter of a water source (showers or sinks), with 20.6