Background: Infection preventionists (IPs) play an important role in preventing health care-associated infections in a health care system. However, the limitations of the clinical setting and the unique characteristics of psychiatric patients could be barriers to effective infection prevention. The ...
the Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath). Both articles refer to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Using evidence...
Healthcare Infection Society, London, UKH.P. LovedayRichard Wells Research Centre, University of West London, London, UKH. HumphreysHealthcare Infection Society, London, UKN. WigglesworthInfection Prevention Society, Seafield, UKA. Demirjian
Because infancy is a time of rapid progression from primary infection to active TB disease, it is important to define when and how TB preventive interventions exert their effect in order to develop effective prevention strategies in this high-risk population....
The article presents a position statement of the Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). It emphasizes the importance of infection prevention to promote patient and staff safety wherever health care is delivered. To inform, promote and sustain expert infection ...
Background Competences for infection prevention and control practitioners (IPCPs) were first produced by the Infection Control Nurses Association (the predecessor to the Infection Prevention Society (IPS)) in 2000 and were revised in 2004. As the roles of practitioners in the field of infection ...