Infection Control Experts Renamed
Call them infection preventionists. In what it said was an effort to better articulate the expanding roles of its members, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has offered a new moniker for its members. The term joins the list of professional titles such as hospitalists, intensivists, and interventionists introduced by the health care industry over the past several years, the association said. Infection preventionists protect patients from health care-associated infections and related adverse events in clinical and other settings, the association said. They work with clinicians and administrators to improve patient- and systems-level outcomes.