Abstract Purpose of Review Artificial intelligence (AI) offers huge potential in infection
prevention and control (IPC). We explore its potential IPC benefits in epidemiology …

Objective To survey network analyses of datasets collected in the course of routine
operations in health care settings and identify driving questions, methods, needs, and …

Objective: Matching healthcare staff resources to patient needs in the ICU is a key factor for
quality of care. We aimed to assess the impact of the staffing-to-patient ratio and workload …

Background Infection prevention (IP) measures are designed to mitigate the transmission of
pathogens in healthcare. Using large-scale viral genomic and social network analyses, we …

Humans in strong social relationships are more likely to live longer because social
relationships may buffer stressors and thus have protective effects. However, a shortcoming …

Objectives To examine recent literature in order to present a comprehensive overview of the
current trends as regards the computational models used to represent the propagation of an …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a difficult-to-treat infection. Increasing
efforts have been taken to mitigate the epidemics and to avoid potential outbreaks in low …

Recent reviews have examined the extent to which routine next-generation sequencing
(NGS) on clinical specimens will improve the capabilities of clinical microbiology …

Background Nosocomial, or healthcare-associated infections (HAI), exact a high medical
and financial toll on patients, healthcare workers, caretakers, and the health system …

Background The rising prevalence of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs), such as
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci …