Becker's Healthcare May 28, 2025
In a May 28 message to health system CEOs, two national healthcare safety organizations compared cutting infection control jobs to “dismantling the fire department during wildfire season.”
The Leapfrog Group and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology said reports of staffing and resource reductions in infection prevention “jeopardize the very foundation of safe care.”
“The current healthcare landscape — marked by high levels of preventable patient harm, emerging infectious threats, workforce shortages and increasing complexity of care —...







