COVID-19 placed a strain on infection prevention and control programs, highlighting vulnerabilities that existed before the pandemic, according to experts.
Guidance published earlier this year by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) could help ensure that facilities are better prepared to protect patients.
“Health care facilities faced enormous challenges during the initial years of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Alexander J. Sundermann, DrPH, CIC, FAPIC, an assistant professor of infectious diseases at the University of Pittsburgh Center for