APIC/AJIC Publication Excellence Award
To recognize an author(s) who has published an article in AJIC which was widely read and cited during the previous two years and has the potential to make an important impact on the practice of infection prevention and control.
The criteria used to select the award recipients are:
- High volume of readership
- Original research
- Sound scientific reasoning
- Practical—ease of implementation/generalizable
- Impact on quality of patient care
- Overall contribution to the profession
Application process
Annually, the Nominating and Awards Committee works with editorial board at AJIC to select the award recipient.
Year | Article Name | Author |
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2018 | “Effectiveness of Ultraviolet Devices and Hydrogen Peroxide Systems for Terminal Room Decontamination: Focus on Clinical Trials” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(13)00055-2/fulltext |
Lead Author: David Weber, MD, MPH |
2017 | “Persistent contamination on colonoscopes and gastroscopes detected by biologic cultures and rapid indicators despite reprocessing performed in accordance with guidelines 2015” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(10)00888-6/abstract |
Lead Author: Cori L. Ofstead, MSPH Harry P. Wetzler, MD, MSPH Evan M. Doyle, BS Catherine K. Rocco, RN, MSN, CNOR Kavel H. Visrodia, MD Todd H. Baron, MD Pritish K. Tosh, MD |
2016 | “Does improving surface cleaning and disinfection reduce healthcare-associated infections?” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(13)00055-2/fulltext |
Lead Author: Curtis Donskey, MD |
2015 | “Nurse Staffing, Burnout, and Health Care-Associated Infection” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(12)00709-2/abstract |
Lead Author: Jeannie Cimiotti, PhD, RN, FAAN Linda Aiken, PhD Douglas Sloane, PhD |
2014 | “Survival and transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from fomites” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(10)00888-6/abstract |
Lead Author: Rishi Desai, MD, MPH Pia Pannaraj, MD, MPH Jaclyn Agopian, BA Catherine Sugar, PhD George Y. Lui, MD, PhD Loren Miller, MD, PhD |
2013 | “The harder you look, the more you find: catheter-associated bloodstream infection surveillance variability” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(10)00538-9/abstract |
Lead Author: Matthew Niedner, MD |
2012 | “An integrative review of the current evidence on the relationship between hand hygiene interventions and the incidence of health care–associated infections” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(07)00812-7/abstract |
Lead Author: David J. Weber, MD, MPH William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH Melissa B. Miller, PhD Kirk Huslage, RN, BSN, MSPH Emily Sickbert-Bennett, MS |
2011 | “Administrative coding data, compared with CDC/NHSN criteria, are poor indicators of health care–associated infections” http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(08)00087-4/abstract |
Lead Author: Kurt B. Stevenson, MD, MPH Yosef Khan, MBBS, MPH Jeanne Dickman, MT, CIC Terri Gillenwater, RN, BSN Pat Kulich, RN, CIC Carol Myers, RN, BSN, CIC David Taylor, PhD Jennifer Santangelo, BA Jennifer Lundy, BS, MHA David Jarjoura, PhD Xiaobai Li, PhD Janice Shook, BS Julie E. Mangino, MD |