American Journal of Infection Control

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) was notified of a Klebsiella pneumoniae NDM isolated from a respiratory specimen of a patient in a dedicated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) intensive care unit (ICU) at

The COVID19 pandemic continues to pose difficult challenges for Infection Preventionists globally include limiting asymptomatic spread and exposures within challenging physical environments. An academic healthcare system with 4 hospitals with over

In April 2020, a group of identical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was observed in adult intensive care units (ICU), Covid - 19 units and surgical ICU in a large general hospital in greater São Paulo. The hospital infection control service

In spite of decades of effort, contaminated environmental surfaces within patient rooms remain a significant cause of healthcare associated infections. In the New York City area, the persistence of Clostridioides difficile and emergence of Candida

Escherichia coli sequence type (ST) ST131 has emerged globally over the past two decades as a leading cause of extraintestinal E. coli infections.1,2 ST131 is closely associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones and third-generation cephalosporins

Over the last fifteen years, the US health care system and its patients have paid an increasingly high price for adverse events. The health care system needs safe and reliable delivery systems to prevent common causes of patient harm.1-4 Health care

Surgical site infections (SSI) are the third most common cause of nosocomial infection in Canada and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality.1 Several studies have demonstrated that surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) reduces the

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are the most frequent adverse events occurring during patient care and are estimated to cost a 200-bed facility more than $1.7 million per year.1-4 Inadequate hand hygiene (HH) leads to cross-transmission of

Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) comprise a subset of the non-tuberculosis mycobacteria that usually grow within 7 days of subculture into solid media. They are widely distributed in the environment and able to survive extreme temperature and

Few researchers have investigated the incidence of and risk factors for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) among inpatients with mental disorders in a general hospital.