<p>A new <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.08.019">study</a> conducted by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center suggests that enhanced infection prevention and control (IPC) measures implemented to address the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a significant decrease in many healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and a reduction in respiratory viral infections (RVIs). The <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.08.019">findings</a>, published today in the <em>American Journal of Infection Control </em>(AJIC), provide some of the first evidence that strict pandemic-related IPC interventions reduced HAI rates among vulnerable patient populations.</p>