Journal of Patient Safety and Infection Control, a publication of Hospital Infection Society India, is a peer-reviewed online journal with 3 Issues
print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available online at http://www.jpsiconline.com. The journal allows free access (Open Access) to its contents and permits authors to self-archive final accepted version of the articles on any OAI-compliant institutional / subject-based repository.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
The journal is registered with the following abstracting partners:
Baidu Scholar, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), EBSCO Publishing's Electronic Databases, Ex Libris – Primo Central, Google Scholar, Hinari, Infotrieve, National Science Library, ProQuest, TDNet, Wanfang Data
Journal Ethics
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Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing
This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
Digital Archiving
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Portico is a leading digital preservation service worldwide. The content is preserved as an archival version and is not publically accessible via Portico, but is provided when required under specific conditions, such as discontinuation of the collection or catastrophic failure of the website.
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Ahead of Print policy
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The journal will cover technical and clinical studies related to health, ethical and social issues in field of Healthcare associated Infections- awareness, education and research, implementation of infection prevention and control measures, Patient safety issues and implementation of safe healthcare, occupational health, Antimicrobials in clinical usage and in research, Infectious diseases and Infections in community. . Articles with clinical interest and implications will be given preference.
The journal aims to spread awareness and encourage research in the field of healthcare-associated infections and promote usage of antimicrobials in human infections. There is a dearth of published scientific data on prevention of infection in Indian subcontinent, and this journal provides an official forum for experts from various specialties to provide strategies of implementing best practices on patient safety and infection prevention. Ultimately the journal intends to promote create a safety culture in healthcare through practical evidence-based methods.
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