Journal of Hospital Infection

The Journal of Hospital Infection is the editorially independent scientific publication of the Healthcare Infection Society. The aim of the Journal is to publish high quality research and information relating to infection prevention and control that is relevant to an international audience. The Journal welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings. This includes submissions that: provide new insight into the epidemiology, surveillance, or prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings; provide new insight into cleaning, disinfection and decontamination; provide new insight into the design of healthcare premises; describe novel aspects of outbreaks of infection; throw light on techniques for effective antimicrobial stewardship; describe novel techniques (laboratory-based or point of care) for the detection of infection or antimicrobial resistance in the healthcare setting, particularly if these can be used to facilitate infection prevention and control; improve understanding of the motivations of safe healthcare behaviour, or describe techniques for achieving behavioural and cultural change; improve understanding of the use of IT systems in infection surveillance and prevention and control.

《医院感染杂志》是由医疗保健感染协会编辑的一份独立科学出版物，旨在向国际读者发布与感染预防和控制相关的高质量研究和信息。该杂志欢迎针对医疗机构中感染预防和控制各个方面的投稿，内容包括但不限于以下方面：提供新的流行病学、监测或预防控制方面的见解，关注医疗保健相关感染和抗菌素耐药性；探讨清洁、消毒和去污方面的新观点；提出医疗保健场所设计的新见解；描述感染爆发的新方面；阐明有效的抗菌药物管理技术；介绍医疗机构中检测感染或抗菌药物耐药性的新技术，特别是其在促进感染预防和控制方面的应用；增进对安全医疗行为动机的理解，或描述实现行为和文化改变的技术；提高对信息技术系统在感染监测和预防控制中的使用的认识。