In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Keith S. Kaye and Sorabh Dhar bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare, Part 1. In the next five years, it is anticipated that healthcare facilities will continue to evolve by integrating advanced technologies and infrastructure improvements to strengthen IPC programs, adopting innovative solutions to monitor and control infections. In this Part One issue, top experts provide state-of-the-art information to infectious disease clinicians on these innovations in preventing healthcare-associated infections.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Blueprint for a Successful Infection Prevention Program - p. 255 9. Optimizing Hand Hygiene Compliance - p. 269 10. Sterilization and High-Level Disinfection in 2026: New and Emerging Topics - p. 283 11. Optimizing Patient-Zone Environmental Hygiene: The Way Forward - p. 295 12. Outbreaks of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections and Their Management in Healthcare Settings - p. 317 13. Implementing, Maintaining, and Evaluating Water Management Programs in Health Care: The Multidisciplinary Effort to Prevent Infections from Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens - p. 343 14. The Built Environment and Reservoirs of Antimicrobial Resistance: Are Mitigation and Prevention Possible Using Design and Daily Facility Operations Strategies? - p. 371 15. Evaluation and Management of Occupational Exposures and Postexposure Prophylaxis - p. 389 16. Approach to Evaluation of Health Care Personnel and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - p. 409 17. Informatics for Infection Prevention and Control - p. 431 18. Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Infection Control Professional: Mutual Collaboration for Mutual Benefit - p. 449 19. Safer, Better, Faster, and Stronger: Clinical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, a Great Duo in Action - p. 465 20. Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Settings - p. 477 21. Optimizing Infection Prevention in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries - p. 497
In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Keith S. Kaye and Sorabh Dhar bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare, Part 1. In the next five years, it is anticipated that healthcare facilities will continue to evolve by integrating advanced technologies and infrastructure improvements to strengthen IPC programs, adopting innovative solutions to monitor and control infections. In this Part One issue, top experts provide state-of-the-art information to infectious disease clinicians on these innovations in preventing healthcare-associated infections.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. Contributors - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. xii 7. Preface - p. xiii 8. Blueprint for a Successful Infection Prevention Program - p. 255 9. Optimizing Hand Hygiene Compliance - p. 269 10. Sterilization and High-Level Disinfection in 2026: New and Emerging Topics - p. 283 11. Optimizing Patient-Zone Environmental Hygiene: The Way Forward - p. 295 12. Outbreaks of Emerging and Re-Emerging Infections and Their Management in Healthcare Settings - p. 317 13. Implementing, Maintaining, and Evaluating Water Management Programs in Health Care: The Multidisciplinary Effort to Prevent Infections from Opportunistic Premise Plumbing Pathogens - p. 343 14. The Built Environment and Reservoirs of Antimicrobial Resistance: Are Mitigation and Prevention Possible Using Design and Daily Facility Operations Strategies? - p. 371 15. Evaluation and Management of Occupational Exposures and Postexposure Prophylaxis - p. 389 16. Approach to Evaluation of Health Care Personnel and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - p. 409 17. Informatics for Infection Prevention and Control - p. 431 18. Antimicrobial Stewardship for the Infection Control Professional: Mutual Collaboration for Mutual Benefit - p. 449 19. Safer, Better, Faster, and Stronger: Clinical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, a Great Duo in Action - p. 465 20. Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Settings - p. 477 21. Optimizing Infection Prevention in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries - p. 497
