The Society consists of Life, Honorary and Patron members. A member is one who will at all times attempt to further the cause of the society, pay the dues regularly and will attempt to attend the meetings whenever called for.

Active membership is open to individual Microbiologists, Clinicians and Administrators also trainees who are actively involved in the field of Hospital Infections and their Control. Postgraduate qualification in the field or training for post graduate qualification is essential. In exceptional circumstances membership can be offered to others working in the field of Hospital Infections.

Honorary members are special invitees as decided by the Executive Council without subscription. Patron membership is offered to commercial and other organisations that wish to further the cause of control of Hospital Infection.

The Society has held 9 national conferences in the past: Mumbai (1992), Bangalore (1993), Ahmedabad (1995) and Indore (1997), Delhi (1998), Jaipur (2000), Vellore (2003), Hyderabad (2005) and Chandigarh (2007).

The primary objective of these conferences has been to provide an educational forum for microbiologists, administrators, clinicians and other health care professionals involved in the practice of control of infection in the hospital. It is one forum where each discipline learns from the other towards an integrated approach to the problems resulting in better and effective decision making. To this end several of the topics are directly related to practical experience like education in hospital infection control cost effective strategies, investigation and control of outbreaks and infection control in special care units. New and emerging infections, antibiotic policies and control of antibiotic resistance also play an important part in the meeting.

Setting up of a quality sterile department has been emphasized and the society has contributed by publishing a handbook on guidelines for the same. This has filled a long standing need in the Indian hospital scenario.