American Journal of Infection Control

Background: Face shields are a critical piece of personal protective equipment (PPE) and their comfort impacts compliant use and thus protectiveness. Optimal design criteria for face shield use in healthcare environments are limited. We attempt to

An emergent pneumonia outbreak happened in the late December 2019. Researchers have quickly isolated a new virus from the patient and sequenced its genome [1]. The infectious agent of this disease was identified as a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2

Hospital surfaces in the vicinity of infected patients get contaminated by microbes shed by them, and eventually get colonized and transfer the microbes to other surfaces and humans they come in contact with.1 Survival and transmission of microbes to

Health-care workers (HCW) are facing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic [1, 2]. Through contact with Coronavirus disease 2019 (CoViD-19) patients, HCW are at increased risk to become infected with SARS-CoV-2

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in hospitals are caused by a wide range of infectious agents through a variety of different entry routes [1–3]. HAIs are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, not only in adult populations, but also

A cluster of Burkholderia cepacia complex cases from January to October 2020 among outpatients undergoing urologic procedures within a Kentucky hospital's operating rooms was investigated. This investigation included a laboratory look-back, chart

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the world. Over 200 million people have been infected and over 4 million have died. 1 At the beginning of the pandemic, primary care clinicians across the globe had little knowledge about the

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) have grown up with one another. Two thousand twenty-two is APIC's 50th anniversary. The year is, as well, a milestone

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common viral cause of respiratory tract infection in children less than 2 years of age. The world-wide burden of illness is significant and is accompanied by substantial morbidity and mortality especially

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