ABSTRACT Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs) pose a significant threat to the safety
of patients and Healthcare Workers (HCWs). HCAIs increase morbidity and mortality, as well …

Since the 2014 publication of updates to the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
(SHEA) compendium of strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections, there have …

Health-care-associated infections (HAIs) are increasingly problematic. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) examined HAI rates from three major surveillance …

Purpose Prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) are important
within and beyond Europe. However, it is unclear which areas are considered important by …

This white paper identifies knowledge gaps and new challenges in healthcare epidemiology
research, assesses the progress made toward addressing research priorities, provides the …

Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are a major source of morbidity and mortality and
are the second most prevalent cause of death. Furthermore, it has been reported that for …

Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are unintended consequences of care which are
recognized as a public health problem [1, 2]. They demand implementation of preventive …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) also called nosocomial infections are infections
acquired within a healthcare facility. HAIs are of patient safety concern and increase patient …

Purpose–From the symposium keynote address, this paper aims to explore how healthcare‐
associated infections (HAIs) have been transformed from being only a hospital concern to a …

Objectives In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a list of global priority
pathogens (GPP)–12 species of bacteria with critical, high, and medium antibiotic resistance …