|Slideshows|March 3, 2014

Slide Show: Infection Prevention Compliance

Infection Control Today invited infection preventionists to tell us about their experiences with boosting and maintaining compliance with infection prevention principles and best practices. ICT readers who responded to our survey indicated that overall, compliance has improved at their institutions, but they were quick to acknowledge that barriers and challenges remain, especially in key areas such as hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, PPE usage and other key strategies to control and prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).


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