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ReviewFrontiers in public health2025

Global landscape and professionalization of infection preventionist education: comparative insights and future directions.

Yu-Long Cao, Jiao Shan, Xiao-Yuan Bao, Meng Jin, Wei Huai, Yi-Cheng Jin, Yi-Xi Jin, Ze-Xin Zhang, Ji-Qiu Kuang

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yu-Long CaoDepartment of Hospital-Acquired Infection Control, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jiao ShanDepartment of Hospital-Acquired Infection Control, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Yuan BaoMedical Informatics Center, Institute of Advanced Clinical Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Meng JinMedical Informatics Center, Institute of Advanced Clinical Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Wei HuaiDepartment of Emergency, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yi-Cheng JinSchool of General Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
Yi-Xi JinKhoury College of Computer Science, Northeastern University, Seattle, WA, United States.
Ze-Xin ZhangGraduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Ji-Qiu KuangDepartment of Hospital-Acquired Infection Control, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) continue to pose a significant threat to global public health, underscoring the critical role of infection preventionists (IPs). However, considerable heterogeneity exists in IP training and credentialing worldwide. This mini-review synthesizes existing models from diverse healthcare systems into a unified "IP Education Maturity Spectrum." This conceptual framework categorizes global training systems into Nascent, Developing, and Established stages, defined by their maturity across three dimensions: Institutional Integration, Competency Orientation, and Career Sustainability. Furthermore, we address the "Professional Identity Paradox"-the structural tension between the field's multidisciplinary roots and the need for a specialized professional identity. Finally, we position academic integration, digital education, and global harmonization not merely as future trends, but as strategic interventions designed to propel systems up the maturity spectrum toward full professionalization.

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Cross InfectionGlobal HealthInfection Control PractitionersHumanscertificationcompetency frameworkinfection control educationinfection preventionisttraining model

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PMID41584190
PMCPMC12827665

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