Infection, Disease & Health

Formerly Healthcare Infection

Official Journal of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC)

The journal is a global platform for the publication of original knowledge that fundamentally advances the prevention and control of infection affecting human populations. The Journal welcomes submissions that relate to infection prevention and control in any of the following settings:

• hospitals and non-hospital healthcare settings, including community healthcare

• aged care

• child care

• dentistry

• correctional health

• mental health

• indigenous health and populations

• industries providing services with implications for health e.g. cosmetic and personal appearance

• industries and settings

• epidemiological studies related to an infection that has relevance to the healthcare environment or settings listed above.

• specific laboratory-based studies that focus on infection prevention and control. Examples might include transmission-based studies (engineering models for transmission pathways, sink models for AMR pathogens and or transmission pathways) as well as microbiological studies on antiseptic/disinfectant efficacy

It is important to note that all submissions must contribute new knowledge or advance debate on a relevant topic. Papers must be of relevance to the readers of Infection, Disease and Health.

We accept a range of article types, including full research papers, short research reports, reviews, case reports, opinion pieces, correspondence and protocol papers. Please refer to the table in the “Author guidelines for information” about each article type, scope and various limits.

We consider the following topics out of scope:

• treatment and/or management of infections (e.g. antimicrobial therapy for infection treatment) including the evaluation and efficacy of vaccines

• surveillance or reporting of infections that are not acquired in or associated with settings described earlier

• articles on vaccination with a scope relating to public or population health

• antimicrobial stewardship articles related to specific clinical roles, e.g. nurse or pharmacist roles. These are better placed in discipline specific journals.

• articles where the primary focus is not prevention and/or control of infection.

Final decisions on scope are made by the Editor-in-Chief.