The library has recently subscribed to Journal of Hospital Infection. It is the official scientific publication of the Healthcare Infection Society. The journal seeks to promote collaboration between the many disciplines in infection control in different countries.
Journal of Hospital Infection has an impact factor of 3.393. Its 5-year impact factor is 3.411.
Research areas include but are not limited to:
• Outbreak prevention in hospital or community settings
• Healthcare-associated infection surveillance
• Methods of prevention of healthcare-associated infection
• Prevention of infection in immunosuppressed patients
• Infection hazards associated with medical devices
• Role of medical equipment in healthcare-associated infection
• Disinfection and sterilization
• Cleaning, environmental contamination and its surveillance
• Management of clinical waste
• Laboratory diagnostics in relation to infection prevention and control
• Use of antibiotic prophylaxis in infection prevention
• Use of IT systems in infection surveillance
• Design of hospitals and healthcare premises
• Infection hazards associated with critical care units, or other specific healthcare departments
You can access the journal from here, or through the Ejournals and Ebooks MSKsearch search box from the Library’s Website.
