RT Book, Section A1 Kociolek, Larry K. A1 Bovee, Maria A2 Shah, Samir S. A2 Kemper, Alex R. A2 Ratner, Adam J. SR Print(0) ID 1157319003 T1 Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital T2 Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259861536 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157319003 RD 2024/03/29 AB The burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the United States is staggering. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 700,000 patients in the United States acquire a HAI each year (roughly 1 out of every 25 inpatients), and approximately 75,000 patients die as a result of their HAI.1 In response to this profound HAI burden, the science guiding hospital infection prevention and control (IPC) has expanded greatly in recent years. However, most studies are limited to adults, and the science guiding HAI prevention specifically in children is limited. Pediatric IPC strategies are often based on data extrapolated from adults and expert consensus in guidelines from several organizations, including the CDC (www.cdc.gov/hai), the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA; www.shea-online.org), and the Association of Professionals in Infection Control (www.apic.org). The websites for these organizations should be viewed for the most recent guidance for the prevention of HAIs.