Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH

Richard P. Wenzel Professor of Medicine

Chair, Division of Infectious Diseases

Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Daniel J Morgan, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Chief Hospital Epidemiologist

Epidemiology, Public Health and Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine and Baltimore VA Medical Center

Baltimore, MD, USA

Rekha K. Murthy, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases,

Cedars-Sinai

Professor of Clinical Medicine,

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Los Angeles, CA , USA

Susy Hota MD MSc

Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control

University Health Network

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Discusses emerging trends and current controversies

The ultimate guide to preventing infections

Written by experts in the field

HAI Controversies: Contact Precautions.- Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technologies: Implementation and Outcomes.- Universal Glove and Gown Use for the Prevention of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE).- Isolation Precautions for Visitors.- Bacterial Contamination of the Anesthesia Work Area: Hands, Patients, and Things.- Infection Control in the Outpatient.- New Technologies for Infection.- What Is the Role of Mobile No-Touch Disinfection Technology in Optimizing Healthcare Environmental Hygiene?.- Universal MRSA/Staphylococcal Decolonization for Hospitalized Patients.- Staphylococcal Decolonization in Surgery Patients.- The Surgical Care Improvement Project Redux: Should CMS Revive Process of Care Measures for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections?.- Healthcare Worker Apparel and Infection Prevention.- Antimicrobial Textiles and Infection Prevention: Clothing and the Inanimate Environment - Clothes and Inanimate Environment.- Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacilli - Infection Prevention Considerations.- Active Surveillance Cultures for MRSA, VRE, Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negatives.- C. difficile Microbiome Manipulation.- Air Contamination in the Hospital Environment.- Vertical Versus Horizontal Infection Control Interventions.- The Role of the Hospital Epidemiologist.- Whole Genome Sequencing for Outbreak Investigation.- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Preparedness.- Probiotics and Infection Prevention.- Animals in Healthcare Settings.- Decolonization in Infection Control of Gram-negative Bacilli.- Testing water for Legionella Prevention.- The importance of C. difficile colonization on infection prevention.- Mandatory Influenza Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel.- Chlorhexidine Gluconate Bathing Outside the Intensive Care Unit.- Airborne Precautions and Personal Protective Equipment: The Powered Air-Purifying Respirator-Only Approach.- Donning and Doffing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE): Is TrainingNecessary?.- Rapid Diagnostics in Infection Prevention.- Diagnostic test stewardship.- Innovations in Ambulatory Stewardship.- Outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT).- Construction and remodeling in the healthcare environment: The critical role of the healthcare epidemiologist.- Airborne or Not? What Constitutes Aerosole Generating Procedures