American Journal of Infection Control

Nurses play an important role in the vaccine readiness process and high vaccination rates among nurses are essential to ensuring successful vaccination programs. This study sought to examine whether the intention to get vaccinated varied by race

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a leading cause of nosocomial infections. It is a spore-forming anaerobic bacillus that is mainly transmitted through direct or indirect contact with infected patients and asymptomatic carriers.1,2 Patients

Due to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on March 16, 2020 to carry out nasopharyngeal swabs for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 as extensively as possible to contain the pandemic1:

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB), or bacteria in the urine when the patient lacks an evidence-based symptom of a urinary tract infection (UTI), occurs at varying rates across different populations.1 The prevalence in healthy adult men and women has

COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020 1. The pandemic has substantially affected both the mental health of people around the world, as well as the delivery of psychiatric health care. Patients with psychiatric conditions

The members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) are Gram-negative bacilli which are increasingly being reported as opportunistic human pathogens.1, 2, 3 Bcc rarely causes disease in immunocompetent individuals and is recognized as a serious

Focused Multivector Ultraviolet (FMUV) technology rapidly killed the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in-vitro. Plates were inoculated with a mean of greater than 106 plaque forming units (PFUs) of USA-WA1 Washington index patient strain of SARS-CoV-2 and

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality, and increase healthcare-related costs.1,2 A multicentre survey carried out among 25 healthcare facilities in the US showed that pneumonia, gastrointestinal

Traditionally, vaccine development is an extensive, long, and expensive process with no assurance of success despite the significant financial and human resources utilized.1 In past, vaccine development for epidemics - severe acute respiratory

During the COVID-19 global pandemic, maintaining adequate staffing in healthcare facilities is critical to providing a safe work environment for health care professionals (HCP) and safe patient care.1 As fluctuations in the number of COVID-19 cases