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. 2023 Oct;44(10):1533-1539.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.158. Epub 2023 Oct 19.

Introduction to A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections In Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates

Deborah S Yokoe  1 , Sonali D Advani  2 , Deverick J Anderson  2 , Hilary M Babcock  3 , Michael Bell  4 , Sean M Berenholtz  5 , Kristina A Bryant  6 , Niccolò Buetti  7   8 , Michael S Calderwood  9 , David P Calfee  10 , Valerie M Deloney  11 , Erik R Dubberke  12 , Katherine D Ellingson  13 , Neil O Fishman  14 , Dale N Gerding  15 , Janet Glowicz  4 , Mary K Hayden  16 , Keith S Kaye  17 , Larry K Kociolek  18   19 , Emily Landon  20 , Elaine L Larson  21 , Anurag N Malani  22 , Jonas Marschall  12   23 , Jennifer Meddings  24 , Leonard A Mermel  25 , Payal K Patel  26 , Trish M Perl  27 , Kyle J Popovich  16 , Joshua K Schaffzin  28 , Edward Septimus  29   30 , Kavita K Trivedi  31 , Robert A Weinstein  16   32 , Lisa L Maragakis  33
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Introduction to A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections In Acute-Care Hospitals: 2022 Updates

Deborah S Yokoe et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

Since the initial publication of A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals in 2008, the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has continued to be a national priority. Progress in healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, and implementation science research has led to improvements in our understanding of effective strategies for HAI prevention. Despite these advances, HAIs continue to affect ∼1 of every 31 hospitalized patients, leading to substantial morbidity, mortality, and excess healthcare expenditures, and persistent gaps remain between what is recommended and what is practiced.The widespread impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on HAI outcomes in acute-care hospitals has further highlighted the essential role of infection prevention programs and the critical importance of prioritizing efforts that can be sustained even in the face of resource requirements from COVID-19 and future infectious diseases crises.The Compendium: 2022 Updates document provides acute-care hospitals with up-to-date, practical expert guidance to assist in prioritizing and implementing HAI prevention efforts. It is the product of a highly collaborative effort led by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the American Hospital Association (AHA), and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of organizations and societies with content expertise, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS), the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and others.

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Conflict of interest statement

All members of the Compendium Writing Panels, Expert Panel, and Advisory Group complied with SHEA policies on conflicts of interest, which require disclosure of any financial or other interest within the past 2 years that might be construed as constituting an actual, potential, or apparent conflict. SHEA requires full disclosure of all relationships, including employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, research funding, expert testimony, and membership on company advisory committees, regardless of relevancy to the topic. Disclosed relationships that are associated with potential conflicts of interest are evaluated in a review process that includes the SHEA Conflict of Interest Committee and may include the Board of Trustees and editors of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The assessment of disclosed relationships for possible conflicts of interest has been based on the relative weight of the financial relationship (ie, monetary amount) and the relevance of the relationship (ie, the degree to which an association might reasonably be interpreted by an independent observer as related to the topic or recommendation of consideration). Compendium participants with potential conflicts were required to submit a plan detailing the process that would be used to avoid any effects of these conflicts. Decisions were made on a case-by-case basis as to whether an individual’s role should be limited because of a conflict. Potential conflicts are listed in the Acknowledgments of the individual articles and in the Executive Summary.

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