The International Journal of Infection Control (IJIC) is the official journal of the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC). Editor: Gertie van Knippenberg-Gordebeke.

IJIC covers key topics and issues in infection control and epidemiology. Infection control professionals, including physicians, nurses, and epidemiologists, rely on IJIC for articles covering clinical topics. The aim of the journal is to inform members about IFIC activities and to provide members and individuals in countries without infection control societies with state of the art articles and articles on infection control practice. Persons in member societies are also encouraged to submit useful articles to be considered for publication. As the official publication of the IFIC, IJIC is the foremost international resource on infection control, epidemiology, infectious diseases, occupational health, and disease prevention. The IJIC has evolved from the IFIC Bulletin (formerly IFIC Newsletter) and some of the past issues of the Bulletin/Newsletter are available for download at the Publications page .

IJIC CONTENT Volume 2, 1: 2006

IFIC

• Editorial
• IFIC vision and mission and scholarship fund   spanish version
• Information for contributors   spanish version
• Editors and Council members     spanish version
• Errata
• Risk management & Priority setting, Nizam Damani     spanish version

Reports 6th IFIC Congress Istanbul 2005

• Congress Istanbul Impressions Patricia Lynch & Prof. dr. Ang     spanish version
• Congress Istanbul Impressions Delegates     spanish version
• Minutes IFIC Annual General Meeting 2005
• Conference in the Shadow of Florence Nightingale: 150 years later, Deniz S. Öztekin
• Disinfection: A view from the early 21st century, Bal C, Hoffman PN, Rotter ML
• Congress Istanbul: Abstracts oral Poster presentations
• The Tsunami disaster in Asia, Akeau Unahlekhakar, Geeta Mehta

Surveillance:

• IFIC Basic Concepts and Practices, 2nd Edition 2003: Surveillance for nosocomial infections     spanish version
• Quo Vadis Infection Control ?, Barry Cookson, et al
• Antibiotic prescribing by family physicians for upper respiratory tract infections: impacts of feedback, non-antibiotic drug recommendations, and patient factors, Canada, Dick E Zoutman1,2*, B Douglas Ford1, Assil R Bassili1
• Healthcare-associated Infection Surveillance in the United States: NNIS Transition to NSHN     spanish version
• First results of national surgical site Infection surveillance in Hungary, Böröcz K, et al
• Validation of surgical site infection surveillance in the Netherlands, J Manniën et al
• Nosocomial infections in newborn nurseries and neonatal intensive care units in Germany, Peter Heeg     spanish version
• Prevalence of nosocomial infections in high risk areas Kosovo, L. Raka, D.Zoutman
• Infection control surveillance in Östergötland, Sweden, Ewa Davidsson
• Outcome surveillance worldwide, Dr. Victor D. Rosenthal
• Poor specificity of screening tests for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin, Deborah Friedman

Influenza

• Avian Influenza Viruses in China , Weiling Fu et al
• Migratory birds as vectors for Influenza dispersal, Marcel Klaassen
• Preparing for the Next Pandemic - Watching for the Perfect Storm
• Global implications of the new WHO International Health Regulations, Mirna Du Ry van Beest Holle

Reports from the field

• Eastern Mediterranean Regional Network for Infection Control (EMRNIC), Ossama Rasslan     spanish version
• The Infection Control Nurses Association (ICNA), uk, Tracey Cooper     spanish version
• The Infection Control Nurse in England – Past, Present and Future,Christine Perry     spanish version
• Home hygiene and the care of “at risk groups” in the home, Sally F. Bloomfield
• Clean Care is Safer Care: Global Challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, Didier Pittet     spanish version
• Norovirus, Brett Mitchell
• Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year 2005/2006 Winners
• The National Division of Infection Control Nurses (NDICN), New Zealand, Trudi Bryant

Websites for Infection Control Professionals

Book review

 

---

IJIC CONTENT Volume 1, 1: 2005

The 1st issue of the International Journal of Infection Control (IJIC) is available now both in hard and electronic versions (2.66Mb) .
Right click on link, press on Save Target As.. , save on computer

Contents:

• Welcome from the chair
• IFIC Vision and Mission
• Scholarship Awards
• New Board members
• Events Calendar
• Bulgaria review
• Isolation Feature
• Isolation Workshop
• Cohort Isolation Ward in Malta
• Diagnosis-based isolation measures in ICU
• The hands-free technique
• A practical lesson in Negative Pressure Isolation Ventilation
• Book Reviews
• Evaluation of Compliance of Isolation Practises in a high complexity teaching hospital
• Dutch national MRSA guidelines
• Turning up the heat on infection control
• In-service training on infection prevention and wound care
• APIC 2005 in Baltimore
• Control team of the year awards
• Implementation of Courses for Operators and Engineers on
• terilisation of Medical Supplies
• Useful websites
• IFIC Board Members
• Member Organisations