American Journal of Infection Control

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

First and foremost, congratulations to APIC on its 50th anniversary and AJIC's 50th volume! When AJIC Editor Stone invited me to join AJIC's year-long celebration of these milestones by reviewing some of the highlights during my 25 years as AJIC

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

Hand washing is defined as washing hands with regular soap or antimicrobial soap, ranging from briefly rinsing to intensely scrubbing the hands and drying properly. Hand washing is critical in fighting infectious diseases since hands contaminated