    This digital issue explores disease caused by emerging infectious threats as well as hospital pathogens, and the interventions – such as hand hygiene, contact precautions and environmental cleaning –  that can be used to control and prevent infection transmission. 

Preparedness: Lessons from Ebola and H1N1

Explore the emerging infectious diseases that continue to pose a global threat

Learn about the hospital pathogens that require rigorous infection prevention efforts

Review the infection prevention and control strategies that mitigate risk

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HAIs

 health care-acquired infections (HAIs) page presents updates on the latest techniques and strategies in the never-ending battle between infection preventionists and HAIs. Focusing on the latest in medical literature, we also present perspectives from the top infection preventionists and other medical experts in the country about how to put the growing knowledge of HAIs into use in the everyday world of infection prevention. Articles and videos often focus on methods to contain and control pathogens and multidrug-resistant organisms from spreading within the health care system.

This digital issue explores disease caused by emerging infectious threats as well as hospital pathogens, and the interventions – such as hand hygiene, contact precautions and environmental cleaning –  that can be used to control and prevent infection transmission.

Microbe Menaces Emerging Infectious Diseases, Hospital Pathogens Remain an Ongoing Challenge

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