Timeline: Key Stories and Topics in HIC This Century

The article presents the discussion on news related to various topics. Topics include Infection preventionists (IPs) urging to take a leadership role in the burgeoning national patient safety movement after the 1999 Institute of Medicine report;and MRSA killing more people annually than human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the US.

HIC at 50: Looking Back, Looking Forward in a Time of Pandemic

The article presents the discussion on Hospital Infection Control & Prevention's (HIC) celebrating 50th year of publication. Topics include strengthening a field providing efficacy in preventing health care associated infections (HAIs) and protecting patients;and hospitals need an infection control program, and the programs including a balanced plan of both surveillance and control strategies.