Preparing for pandemic influenza: should hospitals stockpile oseltamivir?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the occurrence of Clostridium difficile among inpatients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in two different hospitals. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Specialized HIV inpatient units. PATIENTS:HIV-infected inpatients at Cook County Hospital (CCH) and Rush Presbyte...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Pulvirenti JJ,Gerding DN,Nathan C,Hafiz I,Mehra T,Marsh D,Kocka F,Rice T,Fischer SA,Segreti J,Weinstein RA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether disinfection protocols currently used for gastroscopes are effective against cultures of Tropheryma whipplei. DESIGN:The bactericidal activity of 2% glutaraldehyde and two peracetic acids on the Twist-Marseille strain of T. whipplei grown in cell monolayers was determined. PATIENTS:Two ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： La Scola B,Rolain JM,Maurin M,Raoult D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine risk factors for ceftazidime-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection and the effect of ceftazidime-resistant K. pneumoniae infection on mortality during an isolated outbreak. DESIGN:Case-control investigation using clinical and molecular epidemiology and prospective analysis of infection cont...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Qavi A,Segal-Maurer S,Mariano N,Urban C,Rosenberg C,Burns J,Chiang T,Maurer J,Rahal JJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare patient outcomes when percutaneous feeding tubes were changed routinely each month or only when necessary (prn). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, nonblinded crossover study of 6 months of routine monthly changes compared with 6 months of prn changes. SETTING:416-bed long-term-care facility. PATIE...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Graham S,Sim G,Laughren R,Chicoine J,Stephenson E,Leche G,McIntyre M,Murray D,Aoki FY,Nicolle LE

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, institutional requirements for pertussis vaccination of healthcare personnel were reported by nearly one-third of surveyed US hospitals. Requirements often applied to personnel with certain clinical responsibilities, such as those caring for infants. Healthcare personnel who were not on an institution's payro...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Miller BL,Ahmed F,Lindley MC,Wortley PM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibiotics are overprescribed for acute respiratory tract infections (ARIs). Guidelines provide criteria to determine which patients should receive antibiotics. We assessed congruence between documentation of ARI diagnostic and treatment practices with guideline recommendations, treatment appropriateness, a...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bohan JG,Madaras-Kelly K,Pontefract B,Jones M,Neuhauser MM,Bidwell Goetz M,Burk M,Cunningham F,ARI Management Improvement Group.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we aimed to quantify short- and long-term outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in the elderly, including all-cause mortality, transfer to a facility, and hospitalizations. DESIGN:Retrospective study using 2011 Medicare claims data, including all elderly persons coded for CDI and a...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Olsen MA,Stwalley D,Demont C,Dubberke ER

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present study investigated regional variations in antibiotic use for the treatment of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in France by means of a multilevel analysis, to identify targets for quality improvement. METHODS:Data were obtained from the 2001 and 2006 French national point-prevalence surveys of...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Amadeo B,Dumartin C,Venier AG,Fourrier-Réglat A,Coignard B,Rogues AM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an outbreak of influenza A from a four-building veterans' facility in King, Wisconsin. Influenza was isolated in 154 of 721 residents over a 121-day period. Building A had 2 cases, no isolates for 40 days, followed by 27 cases. Building B had 25 cases, no isolates for 75 days, followed by 4 cases. Building C...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Drinka PJ,Gravenstein S,Krause P,Nest L,Dissing M,Shult P

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine differences in healthcare costs between cases of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infection in adults. DESIGN:Retrospective study of all cases of S. aureus infection. SETTING:Department of Veterans Affairs hospital and ass...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Filice GA,Nyman JA,Lexau C,Lees CH,Bockstedt LA,Como-Sabetti K,Lesher LJ,Lynfield R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the more than 200,000 patients who undergo open heart surgery annually in the United States, 2% to 10% will develop a post-operative infection related to their surgery. The economic impact of such infections on hospitals under the prospective payment system is unclear. To study the effect of such infections on hosp...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Boyce JM,Potter-Bynoe G,Dziobek L

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementing evidence‐based infection prevention practices is challenging. Implementation science, which is the study of methods promoting the uptake of evidence into practice, addresses the gap between theory and practice. Just as healthcare epidemiology has emerged as a paradigm for patient safety, infection ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Saint S,Howell JD,Krein SL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional antibiograms can guide empiric antibiotic therapy, but they may miss differences in resistance across patient subpopulations. In this retrospective descriptive study, we constructed and validated antibiograms using International Classification of Disease, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes and other discrete da...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Chao YY,Kociolek LK,Zheng XT,Scardina T,Patel SJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a reportable hospital metric associated with significant healthcare expenditures. The epidemiology of CDI is pivotal to the implementation of preventative measures. OBJECTIVE:To portray temporal CDI trends in Veterans Health Administration (VA) hospitals. DESIGN:A r...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sumon ZE,Lesse AJ,Sellick JA,Tetewsky S,Mergenhagen KA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium surveillance data from 40 hospitals (20 cities) in India 2004-2013. METHODS:Surveillance using US National Healthcare Safety Network's criteria and definitions, and International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium methodology. RESULTS:...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Mehta Y,Jaggi N,Rosenthal VD,Kavathekar M,Sakle A,Munshi N,Chakravarthy M,Todi SK,Saini N,Rodrigues C,Varma K,Dubey R,Kazi MM,Udwadia FE,Myatra SN,Shah S,Dwivedy A,Karlekar A,Singh S,Sen N,Limaye-Joshi K,Ramacha

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether rhinovirus infection leads to increased airborne dispersal of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). DESIGN:Prospective nonrandomized intervention trial. SETTING:Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS:Twelve nasal Staphylococcus aureu...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bischoff WE,Bassetti S,Bassetti-Wyss BA,Wallis ML,Tucker BK,Reboussin BA,D'Agostino RB Jr,Pfaller MA,Gwaltney JM Jr,Sherertz RJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vancomycin is a commonly prescribed empiric antibiotic used when methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is suspected. In this study, we aimed to determine the rate of culture-positive infection requiring vancomycin therapy. ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Waters CD,Caraccio J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To trace the routes of transmission and sources of Staphylococcus aureus found in the surgical wound during cardiothoracic surgery and to investigate the possibility of reducing wound contamination, with regard to total counts of bacteria and S. aureus, by wearing special scrub suits. METHODS:A total of 65 ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Tammelin A,Hambraeus A,Ståhle E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed handrub consumption as a surrogate marker for hand hygiene compliance from 2007 to 2014. Handrub consumption varied substantially between departments but correlated in a mixed effects regression model with the number of patient-days and the observed hand hygiene compliance. Handrub consumption may suppleme...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Haubitz S,Atkinson A,Kaspar T,Nydegger D,Eichenberger A,Sommerstein R,Marschall J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe an outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (IR-Ab) and the measures for its control, and to investigate risk factors for IR-Ab acquisition. DESIGN:An observational and a case-control study. SETTING:A surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in a university tertiary care hospital. METHO...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Fierobe L,Lucet JC,Decré D,Muller-Serieys C,Deleuze A,Joly-Guillou ML,Mantz J,Desmonts JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE. To quantify the association between admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) room most recently occupied by a patient positive for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (EBSL)-producing gram-negative bacteria and acquisition of infection or colonization with that pathogen. DESIGN. Retrospective cohort study. SETTI...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ajao AO,Johnson JK,Harris AD,Zhan M,McGregor JC,Thom KA,Furuno JP

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVETo evaluate probiotics for the primary prevention of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) among hospital inpatients.DESIGNA before-and-after quality improvement intervention comparing 12-month baseline and intervention periods.SETTINGA 694-bed teaching hospital.INTERVENTIONWe administered a multispecies prob...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Trick WE,Sokalski SJ,Johnson S,Bunnell KL,Levato J,Ray MJ,Weinstein RA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of 1-week ventilator circuit change on ventilator-associated pneumonia and its cost-effectiveness compared with a 2-day change. DESIGN:An observational cohort study. SETTING:A tertiary level neonatal intensive care unit in a university-affiliated teaching hospital in Taiwan. Patien...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Chu SM,Yang MC,Hsiao HF,Hsu JF,Lien R,Chiang MC,Fu RH,Huang HR,Hsu KH,Tsai MH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of, and risk factors for, infections associated with intra-arterial catheters used for cancer chemotherapy. METHODS:Between September 1992 and September 1995, we conducted a surveillance study of all 807 intra-arterial catheters placed for chemotherapy at our center. The insertion ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Raad I,Abi-Said D,Carrasco CH,Umphrey J,Hill LA

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate the clinical impact of the implementation of VERIGENE gram-positive blood culture testing (BC-GP) coupled with antimicrobial stewardship result notification for children with positive blood cultures. DESIGN:Quasi-experimental study. SETTING:Quaternary children's hospital. PATIENTS:Hospitalized chi...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Tribble AC,Gerber JS,Bilker WB,Lautenbach E

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:An intensive care nurse with eczema was repeatedly treated for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage. Because cultures remained positive for MRSA, her house was investigated. Thirty-four percent of environmental samples yielded MRSA. Her children and cat were free of MRSA. The house was decontami...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： de Boer HE,van Elzelingen-Dekker CM,van Rheenen-Verberg CM,Spanjaard L

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To integrate electronic clinical decision support tools into clinical practice and to evaluate the impact on indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) use and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs).Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis 4-phase observational study included all inpatients at a multicampu...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Youngerman BE,Salmasian H,Carter EJ,Loftus ML,Perotte R,Ross BG,Furuya EY,Green RA,Vawdrey DK

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recommended infection control measures implemented in response to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort studies of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients and healthcare w...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Stroud LA,Tokars JI,Grieco MH,Crawford JT,Culver DH,Edlin BR,Sordillo EM,Woodley CL,Gilligan ME,Schneider N

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00