BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 44-108
5 JUNE 2019
Medical
INFECTION PREVENTION AND
CONTROL PROGRAM
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available for downloading or ordering on the
e-Publishing website at http://www.e-publishing.af.mil.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AFMOA/SGH
Supersedes: AFI 44-108,
11 December 2014
Certified by: AFMOA/CC
(Brig Gen James H. Dienst)
Pages: 45
This instruction supplements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 44-1, Medical Operations. It
defines personnel’s roles and responsibilities in efforts to mitigate the risks of healthcare-
associated infections within all healthcare settings and reduce the spread of infections to patients,
visitors, volunteers and personnel. This instruction applies to all Air Force military (Active
Component, Reserve, and Air National Guard) and Civil Service personnel and other medical
personnel attached to or assigned to a unit with a medical or aeromedical evacuation mission. This
AFI may be supplemented at any level, but all supplements that directly implicate this publication
must be routed to the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for coordination prior to certification
and approval. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the OPR using
the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field
through the appropriate functional chain of command. The authorities to waive wing/unit level
requirements in this publication are identified with a Tier (T-0, T-1, T-2, T-3) number following
the compliance statement. See AFI 33-360, Publications and Forms Management, for a
description of the authorities associated with the Tier numbers. Submit requests for waivers
through the chain of command to the appropriate Tier waiver approval authority, or alternately, to
the Publication OPR for non-tiered compliance items. Ensure that all records created as a result
of processes prescribed in this publication are maintained in accordance with (IAW) Air Force
Manual 33-363, Management of Records, and disposed of IAW Air Force Records Disposition
Schedule located in the Air Force Records Information Management System. The use of the name
