During an 87-week interrupted time series, we evaluated screening positivity after de-escalating dedicated cohort units for Candida auris and later implementing enhanced nursing engagement. Discontinu...

Pediatric data on hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI) outbreaks in Latin America are scarce. We compared age-related clinical, microbiological, therapeutic, and outcome diffe...

Health care associated Clostridioides difficile (HA-CDI) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. HA-CDI could be a true HAI versus community-acquired CDI (CA-CDI) or colonization. Identi...

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) remain a major patient safety challenge in hospital settings. Surveillance systems provide monitoring, but few studies integrate long-term trends in infection ...

We evaluated the real-world implementation of contact screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE), focusing on screening timing and positivity rates by room type and carbapenemase enzy...

Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) remains an urgent public health threat due to challenges with resistance and treatment. This study evaluated antibiotic utilization trends and outco...

Antimicrobial resistance poses a growing global threat. In real-world practice, antimicrobial prescribing is shaped by clinicians’ cognitive biases and perceptions of resistance risk, potentially driv...

Health care-associated infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. Our Copper for Reducing Environmental Healthcare-Associated Infections (CuRE HAI) study eval...

Given limited data on ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in emergency intensive care units (EICUs), we investigated VAP incidence, compliance with VAP prevention practices, risk factors, and effect...

The structure of lumened instruments is precise, complex, and frequently used in clinical settings. Traditional cleaning devices exhibit cleaning blind spots, resulting in suboptimal disinfection and ...

Adherence to prevention guidelines for device-associated infections in intensive care units (ICUs) is critical but often suboptimal. This study assessed awareness, adherence, and barriers to implement...

Work-life balance is a crucial factor influencing job satisfaction and retention. Infection preventionists (IPs) face unique post-pandemic challenges, including heavy workloads, staffing shortages, an...

As patients increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for medical information, concerns remain regarding the accuracy, transparency, and readability of these tools. This study aimed t...

Surveillance for healthcare-associated infections is central to infection prevention but remains complex, resource-intensive, and variable. Large language models like ChatGPT offer potential support b...

A musical mnemonic may help children learn and recall the recommended six-step handwashing technique.

We evaluated an electronic health record (EHR) “hard stop” intervention to reduce inappropriate urine culture (UC) orders in patients with indwelling urinary catheters (IUCs).