American Journal of Infection Control

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2015 alone, nearly 687,000 hospital acquired infections occurred in acute care settings with 72,000 of those hospitalized patients dying during their hospitalization.1 Ventilator

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, maintaining adequate staffing in healthcare facilities is critical to providing a safe work environment for health care professionals (HCP) and safe patient care.1 As fluctuations in the number of COVID-19 cases

Health care associated infections affect nearly 687,000 patients annually in the United States of America and lead to about 72,000 deaths.1 Appropriate hand hygiene is proven to help prevent these infections.2 Handwashing is also critical for

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is one of the most commonly detected organisms in patients with bacteremia, with an incidence of more than 100 cases per 100,000 person-years in older adults.1 The susceptibility of E. coli to ceftriaxone is often preserved

My comments are related to the original research entitled “Engaging Veterans in Identifying Key Elements of Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Qualitative Study.”

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

We appreciate the contribution of Lima et al to the discussion of this important issue. While their results appear different, it is important to appreciate the numerous differences in our methodologies when making that comparison. (1) While we both

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious virus. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the global outbreak of COVID-19 was an international public health emergency and subsequently classified it as a

We read with great interest the recent study by Liang et al,1 which demonstrated that prolonged building closures due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused extreme stagnation in building water systems, which could further

My involvement in Veteran research began about 10-15 years ago through researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Milwaukee VA. They were interested in Dryhootch of America, where I served as Cofounder and Director of Community