Letter to the editor – Infection control: another look

Abstract

Infection control, or its more appropriate term 'healthcare epidemiology', has made dramatic advances in the last 20 years, with innovations such as universal precautions in 1987 following the HIV awareness of the 1980s, the many good national initiatives, such as AS4187 (1994 and onwards) and the various NH&MRC manuals have laid the groundwork for infection control practice and services.