Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Healthcare-associated Infections

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections acquired by patients during the course of care in hospitals, nursing homes, and other clinical settings, distinct from the condition for which they sought treatment. They are caused by bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens, including increasingly resistant orga…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 50× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2641-4538 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections acquired by patients during the course of care in hospitals, nursing homes, and other clinical settings, distinct from the condition for which they sought treatment. They are caused by bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogens, including increasingly resistant organisms and opportunistic agents such as Candida species, and they contribute to prolonged hospitalization, complications, and mortality. Prevention and control constitute a core public-health priority and depend on rigorous infection prevention and control practice: hand hygiene, appropriate use of personal protective equipment, environmental decontamination, and adherence to protocols by healthcare and laboratory workers. Recurring evidence addresses the knowledge and perception of hand hygiene among clinical staff, awareness of personal protective equipment among laboratory workers, and the broader knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers toward infection prevention. Antimicrobial and antifungal susceptibility surveillance informs empirical therapy and stewardship, while quality-improvement frameworks support systematic reduction of facility-acquired infection. Outbreak conditions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, further test institutional infection-control capacity. The journal publishes peer-reviewed surveillance studies, susceptibility analyses, and knowledge-attitude-practice research, drawn substantially from low-resource health systems, addressing the epidemiology, prevention, and control of infections transmitted within healthcare facilities.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 50 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Public Health International (ISSN 2641-4538).

Journal editorial board
Javad Javan-Noughabi · United Kingdom Evelyn O Talbott · United States Zainab Taha · United Arab Emirates

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