American Journal of Infection Control

Due to its high morbidity and mortality, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led to a dramatic increase in the number of hospitalized patients in intensive care units (ICU).1 In order to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 to other patients and health care

Body temperature is a vital sign that is regularly measured to assess the status of a patients’ health, facilitate diagnosis, and target treatments in a hospital setting. Normal body temperatures range from 36.5°C to 37.5°C.1 Upward deviation from

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that on any given day, about 1 in 31 hospitalized patients has at least 1 hospital-associated infection (HAI).1 This translates to approximately three-quarters of a million HAIs in U.S. acute

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is an anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium that is responsible for various C. difficile infections (CDI) including infectious diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis, and toxic megacolon, which can lead to bowel