American Journal of Infection Control

Pre-pandemic routine use of facial (respiratory and eye) protective equipment (FPE) by healthcare workers was sub-optimal. Understanding factors affecting routine use would facilitate escalation to high level use during infectious disease emergencies

Infection precautions (IP) facilitate standardized and safe patient care. Research has demonstrated several barriers to IP adherence among health care personnel (HCP) but potential exposure risk to SARS-CoV-2 and job role has not been considered.

Nearly half the patients identified as having healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infections (HO-CDI) on a hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) unit had an alternative clinical explanation for diarrhea, including conditioning regimen

Following a 200% increase in the central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) standardized infection ratio in a private teaching hospital between 2019 and 2020, a program with the utilization of a CLABSI Prevention Registered Nurse was

Nearly half the patients identified as having health care facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infections on a hematopoietic cell transplant unit had an alternative clinical explanation for diarrhea, including conditioning regimen toxicity or

The growing threat from pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) poses a major public health concern in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Therefore, this study aimed to

Nosocomial Stenotrophomonas maltophilia-related cases are rising and pose a threat to immunocompromised patients. Twelve patients from our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) presented with S maltophilia-associated bloodstream infection.

Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen with significant morbidity and mortality, can be difficult for health care facilities to identify, isolate, and control. We present our identification and infection control response to Candida auris at a 695

Antimicrobial resistance is an emerging problem worldwide, endangering antimicrobials efficacy and resulting in high rates of morbidity and mortality. It is one of the major concerns that health care facilities are facing nowadays. Mainly, extended

Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to identify catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) risks in Neuroscience intensive care patients admitted for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, our CAUTI rate decreased from 5.903 per 1,000