-The Official Publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.

American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) covers key topics and issues in infection control and epidemiology. Infection control professionals, including physicians, nurses, public health professionals and epidemiologists, rely on AJIC for peer-reviewed articles covering clinical topics as well as original research. As the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), AJIC is the foremost resource on infection control, epidemiology, infectious diseases, quality management, occupational health, and disease prevention. AIJC also publishes infection control guidelines from APIC and the CDC. AJIC is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, and Science Citation Index. AJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.242 and is ranked fourth out of 41 Infectious disease journals on the Journal Citation Reports?, published by Thomson Scientific.