American Journal of Infection Control

We read with interest Kim et al's letter in the October 2020 issue of AJIC, Lessons learned – Outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes. The letter summarizes the authors’ experiences of developing guidance designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19

It has been nearly a year since COVID-19 was first described, and the current surge in cases coincides with the holidays, which is a difficult time to be alone. We acknowledge and lament that nursing home residents and their families have borne the

Despite continuing efforts, Clostridioides difficile has proven to be difficult to control in health care settings with only modest declines in hospital-onset C. difficile infection (HO-CDI) in recent years.1-3 The epidemiology surrounding C

Initiatives to reduce rates of hospital-acquired infection (HAI) include care bundles focused on mitigating risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) [1]. Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a preventable HAI estimated to affect 8-28% of intubated

Infection prevention and control (IPC) precautions help to decrease microbial transmission, and through the appropriate use of antibiotics Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programs aim to decrease the prevalence and emergence of Antimicrobial

Good hand hygiene (HH) practice in healthcare facilities is key to patient safety and a cornerstone in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI).1, 2 However, HH compliance among healthcare workers (HCW), especially among physicians, often

Material resources during public health emergencies may be restricted and the processing of personal protective equipment such as Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFRs) for N95 filtering or higher may be placed on the agenda1. Thus, health services

The topic of the Journal Club commentary is the article “Stopping the routine use of contact precautions for management of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) at 3 academic medical centers

Update existing meta-analysis to analyze if discontinuation of contact precautions (CPs) for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) colonization or infection affects hospital-associated MRSA or

The novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and subsequent COVID-19 pandemic has led to a public health crisis.1,2 In the United States, the COVID-19 outbreak has had profound economic and social impact as a result of statewide quarantines, social distancing