In a compelling dialogue featured in Infection Control Today, experts in infection prevention have drawn significant attention to an urgent issue: the need for recognition, balance, and collaboration in their field.

The study, titled "Quantifying the Progressing Landscape of Infection Preventionists: A Survey-Based Analysis of Workload and Resource Needs," presents crucial findings from a team that includes Brenna Doran, PhD, a leading hospital epidemiologist from the University of California, San Francisco, along with Jessica Swain, MBA, MLT, director of infection prevention at Dartmouth Health, and Shanina Knighton, an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University.

The Critical Role of Infection Preventionists