A shared vision of healthcare quality improvement.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and type of nosocomial infections (NIs) (especially surgical-site infections [SSIs]), risk factors, and the type and duration of antibiotic use among surgical patients in Greek hospitals. DESIGN:Two point-prevalence studies. SETTING:Fourteen Greek hospitals. PATIENTS:Those in the...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Gikas A,Roumbelaki M,Pediaditis J,Nikolaidis P,Levidiotou S,Kartali S,Kioumis J,Maltezos E,Metalidis S,Anevlavis E,Haliotis G,Kolibiris H,Tselentis Y,Hellenic Infection Control Network.

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on COVID-19 risk among HCWs exposed to a patient diagnosed with COVID-19 on day 13 of hospitalization. There were 44 HCWs exposed to the patient before contact and droplet precautions were implemented: of these, 2 of 44 (5%) developed COVID-19 potentially attributable to the exposure. ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Baker MA,Rhee C,Fiumara K,Bennett-Rizzo C,Tucker R,Williams SA,Wickner P,Beloff J,McGrath C,Poulton A,Klompas M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate changes in antimicrobial use during COVID-19 and after implementation of a multispecialty COVID-19 clinical guidance team compared to pre-COVID-19 antimicrobial use. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary-care academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS:Internal medicine and medical ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Staub MB,Beaulieu RM,Graves J,Nelson GE

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We report nosocomial infection with Vibrio cholerae 01, in four seriously ill individuals and one infant in Guatemala. Nosocomial cholera occurs in developing countries in Latin America and should be suspected in hospitalized patients with diarrhea, especially during community outbreaks, in order to institute appropri...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Hernández JE,Mejía CR,Cazali IL,Arathoon EG

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The usefulness of routine annual tuberculin skin testing (purified protein derivative [PPD]) of hospital employees has been questioned. Between 1984 and the end of 1987 the PPD conversion rates of hospital employees at a university and psychiatric hospital in North Florida were compared. The number of employees in bot...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Raad I,Cusick J,Sherertz RJ,Sabbagh M,Howell N

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surgeon-specific computer-generated monthly questionnaire was used to improve surveillance of surgical wound infections in outpatients as well as inpatients following discharge. From July 1988 through June 1989, 20,536 surgical procedures were performed at our medical center, of which 53% were for outpatients. The t...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Manian FA,Meyer L

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of five 30-second handwashes with a non-antiseptic lotion soap to remove nosocomial pathogens (10(8) CFU) applied to fingertips was studied. CFU for all species dropped rapidly after the first handwash; persistence (10 to 15 CFU) was maintained thereafter. Wiping hands with an antiseptic (70% isoprop...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bottone EJ,Cheng M,Hymes S

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study at a tertiary-care hospital in Botswana from 2000 to 2007 was performed to determine the epidemiologic characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. We identified a high prevalence (11.2% of bacteremia cases) of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. MRSA isolates had high...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Wood SM,Shah SS,Bafana M,Ratner AJ,Meaney PA,Malefho KC,Steenhoff AP

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present basic information that a hospital epidemiologist needs when designing a surveillance system for noninfectious adverse outcomes of care. Specific topics reflect key characteristics of such a surveillance system: the purpose, rationale, priorities, definitions, data collection tools, data collection, analysis...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Massanari RM,Wilkerson K,Swartzendruber S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections appear to be increased in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), compared to individuals with asymptomatic infection due to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Risk factors for bacterial colonization and infection include immunosuppression, prior treatment with some antibiotics,...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Craven DE,Steger KA,Hirschhorn LR

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with β-lactam allergies, administration of non-β-lactam surgical prophylaxis is associated with increased risk of infection. Although many patients self-report β-lactam allergies, most are unconfirmed or mislabeled. A quality improvement process, utilizing a structured β-lactam allergy tool, was implemente...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Margallo JP,Smith EA,Marks G,Ben-Aderet M,Yang H,Madhusudhan M,Krishna S,Duran A,Friedman A,Cassel SL,Tran H,Shane R,Murthy RK,Grein JD

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) severity criteria adequately predicts poor outcomes. DESIGN:Retrospective validation study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Patients with CDI...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Stevens VW,Shoemaker HE,Jones MM,Jones BE,Nelson RE,Khader K,Samore MH,Rubin MA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence, epidemiologic features, and molecular characteristics of colonization with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) among hospitalized dialysis patients and their healthcare workers (HCWs). DESIGN:Prospective observational clinical and laboratory ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Johnson LB,Jose J,Yousif F,Pawlak J,Saravolatz LD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a non-blinded randomized trial to determine the impact of a patient hand-hygiene intervention on contamination of hospitalized patients' hands with healthcare-associated pathogens. Among patients with negative hand cultures on admission, recovery of pathogens from hands was significantly reduced in those ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sunkesula VCK,Kundrapu S,Knighton S,Cadnum JL,Donskey CJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV) decontamination can reduce environmental contamination with and nosocomial transmission of Clostridium difficile. DESIGN:A prospective before-after intervention study. SETTING:A hospital affected by an epidemic strain of C. difficile. INTERVENTION:Intensiv...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Boyce JM,Havill NL,Otter JA,McDonald LC,Adams NM,Cooper T,Thompson A,Wiggs L,Killgore G,Tauman A,Noble-Wang J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Of the 13 US vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) cases, 8 were identified in southeastern Michigan, primarily in patients with chronic lower-extremity wounds. VRSA infections develop when the vanA gene from vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) transfers to S. aureus. Inc18-like plasmids in V...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Tosh PK,Agolory S,Strong BL,Verlee K,Finks J,Hayakawa K,Chopra T,Kaye KS,Gilpin N,Carpenter CF,Haque NZ,Lamarato LE,Zervos MJ,Albrecht VS,McAllister SK,Limbago B,Maccannell DR,McDougal LK,Kallen AJ,Guh AY

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malassezia furfur, a lipophilic yeast, has become recognized as a cause of sepsis in infants receiving parenteral fat emulsions via indwelling deep venous catheters. Colonization of infants' skin may be a prerequisite to colonization of the intravascular catheter and subsequent infection with M furfur. Three hundred n...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bell LM,Alpert G,Slight PH,Campos JM

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracavity ultrasound transducer handles are not routinely immersed in liquid high-level disinfectants. We show that residual bacteria, including pathogens, persist on more than 80% of handles that are not disinfected, whereas use of an automated device reduces contamination to background levels. Clinical staff shoul...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ngu A,McNally G,Patel D,Gorgis V,Leroy S,Burdach J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System personnel report trends in antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. To validate select antimicrobial susceptibility testing results and to identify test methods that tend to produce errors, we conducted proficiency testing among NNIS System hospital labo...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Hageman JC,Fridkin SK,Mohammed JM,Steward CD,Gaynes RP,Tenover FC,National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Hospitals.

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In implementing a hospital mandatory influenza vaccination policy, we developed an automated, real-time tracking and reminder system. Of 6,957 policy-covered individuals automatically identified, automated reminders left only 5 requiring counseling. This decreased Occupational Health workload in contacting noncomplian...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Quan KA,Cousins SM,Hizon DA,Heck KK,Samuelson P,Garcia F Jr,Huang SS

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the safety and cost-effectiveness of replacing the intravenous (IV) tubing sets in hospitalized patients at 4- to 7-day intervals instead of every 72 hours. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized study of infusion-related contamination associated with changing IV tubing sets within 3 days versus within ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Raad I,Hanna HA,Awad A,Alrahwan A,Bivins C,Khan A,Richardson D,Umphrey JL,Whimbey E,Mansour G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Better understand the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of peripheral venous catheter (PVC)-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. DESIGN:Retrospective study of PVC-related S. aureus bacteremias in adult patients from July 2005 through March 2008. A point-prevalence survey was performed January 9, 200...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Trinh TT,Chan PA,Edwards O,Hollenbeck B,Huang B,Burdick N,Jefferson JA,Mermel LA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed bacterial or fungal coinfections in COVID-19 patients admitted between March 1 and April 18, 2020 (152 of 4,267, 3.6%). Among these patients, mortality was 57%; 74% were intubated; 51% with bacteremia had central venous catheters. Time to culture positivity was 6-7 days, and 79% had received prior antibiot...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Nori P,Cowman K,Chen V,Bartash R,Szymczak W,Madaline T,Punjabi Katiyar C,Jain R,Aldrich M,Weston G,Gialanella P,Corpuz M,Gendlina I,Guo Y

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of matching on exposure time on estimates of attributable mortality of nosocomial bacteremia as assessed by matched cohort studies. DESIGN:Two retrospective, pairwise-matched (1:2) cohort studies. SETTING:A 54-bed intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Patien...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Blot S,De Bacquer D,Hoste E,Depuydt P,Vandewoude K,De Waele J,Benoit D,De Schuijmer J,Colardyn F,Vogelaers D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae pose a serious infection control challenge and have emerged as a public health threat. We examined national trends in the proportion of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to carbapenems (CRKP) and third-generation cephalosporins (G3CRKP). DESIGN AND SETTING:Retros...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Braykov NP,Eber MR,Klein EY,Morgan DJ,Laxminarayan R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm the vertical transmission of Citrobacter diversus from a mother to her infant and to evaluate the epidemiologic usefulness of a new automated procedure for analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-generated DNA fingerprints. DESIGN:Repetitive element-based PCR (rep-PCR) analysis of C diversus i...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Harvey BS,Koeuth T,Versalovic J,Woods CR,Lupski JR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We employed a questionnaire to survey 334 registered nurses regarding their knowledge, perceptions and vaccine acceptance for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections. The study population was those persons working in areas considered at high-risk for contracting HBV. The nurses were asked to provide information regarding b...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Spence MR,Dash GP

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection in a cohort of nurses new to a London hospital was 7.6% (13 of 171), using an interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) release assay, and 16.2% (24 of 148), using the tuberculin skin test. On multivariate analysis, birth in a country with tuberculosis prevalence of more than 40 case...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Khanna P,Nikolayevskyy V,Warburton F,Dobson E,Drobniewski F

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen associated with higher mortality, longer hospital stays, and increased costs. CRKP was thought to be sporadic in Los Angeles County (LAC); however, the actual incidence is unknown. To address this, LAC declared CRKP ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Marquez P,Terashita D,Dassey D,Mascola L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage cabinets for heat-sensitive endoscopes (SCHEs) are designed to store gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes in a clean, dry and well-ventilated cupboard to prevent microbiological proliferation. The use of SCHEs in a GI endoscopy unit has significally reduced the rate of contaminated endoscopes (13.0% vs 45.0%, P<.0...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Saliou P,Cholet F,Jézéquel J,Robaszkiewicz M,Le Bars H,Baron R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00