''Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology'' is a
peer-reviewed medical journal published by
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer.
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. It publishes research on control and evaluation of the transmission of
pathogens
In biology, a pathogen ( el, πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and , "producer of") in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a ger ...
in healthcare institutions and on the use of epidemiological principles and methods to evaluate and improve the delivery of care, including
infection control
Infection prevention and control is the discipline concerned with preventing healthcare-associated infections; a practical rather than academic sub-discipline of epidemiology. In Northern Europe, infection prevention and control is expanded fro ...
practices, surveillance,
cost-benefit analyses, resource use,
occupational health
Occupational safety and health (OSH), also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at wor ...
, and regulatory issues. The journal is published for the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
University of Chicago Press academic journals
Academic journals established in 1980
Microbiology journals
Monthly journals
Cambridge University Press academic journals
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