期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (2)
Background: Hand hygiene (HH) is a fundamental component of infection prevention within all healthcare settings. We implemented a hospital-wide progra......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (2)
Introduction: COVID-19 epidemiology changed dramatically in spring 2021 when vaccine became widely available and the Delta variant emerged. There was ......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (6)
Background: Contact Precautions (CP) were developed to control multi-resistant organisms (MROs) in hospitals. However, MROs persist and harms are asso......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (9)
Background: Blood culture contamination is associated with health care costs and potential patient harm. Diversion of the initial blood specimen reduc......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (10)
Health care organizations accredited by the Joint Commission should follow a standardized approach to the development of infection prevention and cont......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (10)
Background: Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a common hospital-acquired infection which can lead to major implications for patients and our ......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (11)
Background: Roommates of unrecognized nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cases are at a higher acquisition risk; however, o......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (12)
Background: Hospital-acquired infections are the most frequent adverse events in health care and can be reduced by improving the hand hygiene complian......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (6)
In this retrospective cohort of adult hematology-oncology and transplant patients, discontinuation of univer-sal gloving did not result in significant......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (6)
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention and the Department of Nursing used lessons-learned d......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (9)
Background: Adenoviruses belong to the stable nonenveloped viruses playing an important role in healthcare-associated infections mainly causing respir......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (10)
Background: Fluid leakage through the glove-protective clothing interface is an area of concern for many health care personnel, including emergency me......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (11)
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the empowerment of patients to serve as partners in efforts to prevent healthcare-associated inf......
期刊： AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, 2023; 51 (11)
Hospital onset Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) causes significant disease burden and is associated with increased patient mortality. A nurse-......
