American Journal of Infection Control

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is the third leading aetiological agent in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs); it is responsible for 10.23% of all HAIs in Spanish hospitals and is the most frequently found pathogen in mechanical ventilator

There are large variations in bacterial survival on different surfaces. Aerosolized Escherichia coli can survive on paper in an office for up to 21 hours1. Gram-positive bacteria generally out survive Gram-negative organisms. Enterococcus faecalis, a

Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection (CDI) is the most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI), labeled an Urgent Threat by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.1 Patients with CDI can be asymptomatic or

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States define carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria as enterobacteria non-susceptible to any carbapenem antibiotics (MIC ≥4 mg/L for doripenem, meropenem or imipenem or ≥2 mg/L for

Participatory research has been found to be beneficial throughout the research life cycle: from improving research recruitment and response to progressing research perspectives, planning, processes and outcomes.1 To facilitate participatory research

Portable medical equipment (PME) such as workstations on wheels (WOWs) and vitals machines (VM) are frequently used between patient rooms during routine care. Pathogens such as Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus

Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most common pathogens in nosocomial and community-acquired infections, which causes up to 10% of nosocomial infections.1 K. pneumoniae exists in the respiratory tract and intestines of healthy people and animals

Contact tracing interviews are fundamentally a memory task: Remembering all of one's close contacts over a period of time, so that they can be informed of their exposure and self-quarantine. Yet, many contact tracing training guides and protocols

The collection of culture specimens is important for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. In particular, blood culture (BC) is an indispensable test for pathogen detection, as early diagnosis of bloodstream infection is important to

An emergent pneumonia outbreak happened in the late December 2019. Researchers have quickly isolated a new virus from the patient and sequenced its genome [1]. The infectious agent of this disease was identified as a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2