Healthcare-Associated Infections Related to the Use of Intravascular Devices D. Alexander Perry Payal K. Patel Vascular catheters are essential tools in the delivery of medications in a variety of medical…
Communication and Messaging Strategies in Infection Prevention Louise-Marie Dembry Ann Freeland Fisher The successful healthcare epidemiologist requires core competencies across a wide range of skills including epidemiology, subject matter expertise,…
Developing an Infection Prevention Program Mary Ellen Scales Jacob Smith Sarah Haessler How does one know where to start when tasked with creating a new infection prevention (IP) program, assessing…
Investigation of Outbreaks Erica S. Shenoy Hospital epidemiologists and infection preventionists spend a substantial portion of their time identifying and investigating possible transmission events, outbreaks, and, sometimes, pseudo-outbreaks. While a…
Quality Improvement for Healthcare Epidemiology: Creating a Culture of Excellence Julia E. Szymczak DEFINING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE It has been 20 years since the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published…
Ethical Issues in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Emily Landon Cassandra Oehler Medical ethics are the governing principles that guide a practitioner’s interactions with his or her patients and assist…
Legal Issues in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Sarah M. Fotheringham As in many areas of healthcare law, the legal issues and regulations surrounding matters related to epidemiology and infection…
Role of the Microbiology Laboratory and Molecular Diagnostics in Healthcare Epidemiology and Infection Prevention Kaede V. Sullivan Daniel J. Diekema A primary goal of healthcare epidemiology is to protect patients…
Hand Hygiene Eli N. Perencevich Alexandre R. Marra OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF HAND HYGIENE One hundred and seventy years after the publication of Ignaz Semmelweis seminal study demonstrating the…
Isolation of Patients With Communicable Diseases Jason Bowling Jan Patterson Despite advances in the control of infectious diseases in the last century, there is more interest than ever in the…
