Infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings was already a vital specialty, but at the start of 2020, no one could have predicted just how important it was about to become.

As the SARS-CoV-2 virus started to spread around the globe, limiting this spread became top priority: hospitals prepared to treat the growing influx of COVID-19 patients while protecting their healthcare workers and those patients admitted for other reasons. In this harrowing scenario, IPC was pushed to the forefront of the COVID-19 response, transforming the field of infection control forever.

As a leader in this area, the Healthcare Infection Society rose to the challenge. The society shares evidence, research and best practices through training, education and research funding. It also produces two journals — the Journal of Hospital Infection (JHI) and Infection Prevention in Practice (IPIP) — both published by Elsevier. The JHI publishes impactful IPC research for an international audience, while its open access sister journal, IPIP, leans more towards the pragmatic side of the specialty, focusing on local experiences worldwide, and quality improvement and case studies from infection control practitioners.

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