Abstract
A symposium and a conference in November, 1957, under the auspices of the American Public Health Association and the American Medical Association focused attention on the epidemiology and ecology of infections due to antibiotic-resistant staphylococci. The necessity of more rigorous adherence to established principles of asepsis and antisepsis was stressed, and the establishment in each hospital of an Interdepartmental Committee on Infections was recommended, for continuing surveillance of infection and continuing supervision of procedures directed toward controlling infection. This recommendation has been quite generally implemented. Moreover, federal, state, and regional health agencies have continued the educational effort, albeit in a somewhat uneven manner. A serious effort has been initiated toward cooperation of physicians, health officers, and hospital administrators and personnel on the one hand, and heating and air-conditioning engineers, sanitarians, and architects on the other, in investigating the complex problems of improving sanitation and housekeeping within existing hospitals and improving
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