The mission of the Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control is to support the Johns Hopkins Health System's mission of research, teaching, and patient care; to promote patient safety by reducing the risk of acquiring and transmitting infections; and to become a leader in health care epidemiology and infection control.

NEW, 5/2/2008: JHH's 2007-2008 Respiratory virus season has come to a close. See the Respiratory Virus Page for information from the 2007-2008 season.

3/2008: The Maryland Hospital Association on Preventing the Spread of MRSA

Education for Nurses on Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC)-Producing Organisms

New: the WIPES campaign. See the STOMP page for details.

Quick link: TheraDoc (Note that you must be on the Johns Hopkins Network to access TheraDoc).