HAIs

Infection preventionists face a challenging and often times daunting task meeting the day-to-day regulatory requirements for public reporting of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified hand hygiene as the single most important intervention to reduce the transmission of infection.

ICT spoke with Russell N. Olmsted, MPH, CIC, the 2011 president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), about current issues and critical next steps to advance the infection prevention agenda.