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More than 700,000 healthcare–associated infections (HAIs) occur each year in the United States. Pathogenic organisms that cause HAI can be transmitted numerous ways.

Various water-based heater-cooler devices (HCDs) have been implicated in nontuberculous mycobacteria outbreaks. Ongoing rigorous surveillance for healthcare-associated M.

The DiRTE Lab team completed a retrospective analysis of inpatient C. difficile tests from 2015 to 2021 at 3 university-affiliated hospitals in North Carolina.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) environmental contamination has been studied and assessed using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on various surf

Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) took on key roles in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, including development of local treatment guidelines, access to COVID-19

Nurses play an important role in influencing culture practices and antimicrobial prescribing, but they are often overlooked in stewardship interventions. How nurses communicate a patie

The term “hospital epidemiology” was not in my lexicon when I began my career in infectious diseases (ID) in 1977.

When used as a part of a diagnostic workup, UA parameters should be leveraged for their NPV instead of sensitivity.

Cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infections have high mortality and morbidity.

DCASIP Director, Dr.