American Journal of Infection Control

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised and patients in intensive care units (ICUs). An outbreak of S. maltophilia in ICU is described which highlights the importance of the risk of infection from

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic of 2019 has caused historic disruption to personal and public health and well-being. Despite the unprecedented rates of mortality due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide, a large portion of frontline healthcare

Portable Medical Equipment (PME) such as workstation-on-wheels (WOWs) and vital signs machines (VMs) are routinely used by healthcare workers (HCWs) for patient care.1,2 Transmission of healthcare-associated infections has been attributed to PME and

Patient-facing health care workers (HCW) experience higher rates of COVID-19 infection, particularly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, rates of COVID-19 among front-line home health and hospice clinicians are relatively unknown.

The relationship between nursing staffing levels and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has been explored previously with conflicting results. This study uses daily shift records from two intensive care units (ICUs) to evaluate whether nuanced

Bacteria and fungi grow on walls under suitable conditions. Most frequently isolated bacteria strains on walls include bacillus, nitrifying bacteria, and thiobacillus,1, 2, 3 while those of fungi strains include aspergillus flavus, penicillium and

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first documented to cause hospital outbreaks amongst healthcare personnel (HCP) early in the course of the pandemic.1 HCP are at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection due to close contact