A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To collect data about personal protective equipment (PPE) management and to provide indications for improving PPE policies in Europe. DESIGN:Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Data were collected in 48 isolation facilities in 16 European countries nominated by National Health Auth...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： De Iaco G,Puro V,Fusco FM,Schilling S,Maltezou HC,Brouqui P,Gottschalk R,Bannister B,Brodt HR,Siikamaki H,Perronne C,Brantsæter AB,Fjellet AL,Ippolito G,European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases Working Group.

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 2002, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH; Chicago, Illinois) convened the Chicago-Area Neonatal MRSA Working Group (CANMWG) to discuss and compare approaches aimed at control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). To better understand thes...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Gerber SI,Jones RC,Scott MV,Price JS,Dworkin MS,Filippell MB,Rearick T,Pur SL,McAuley JB,Lavin MA,Welbel SF,Garcia-Houchins S,Bova JL,Weber SG,Arnow PM,Englund JA,Gavin PJ,Fisher AG,Thomson RB,Vescio T,Chou T,Jo

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated 4 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection outbreaks at hemodialysis units to identify practices associated with transmission. Apparent failures to follow recommended infection control precautions resulted in patient-to-patient HCV transmission, through cross-contamination of the environment or intravenous me...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Thompson ND,Novak RT,Datta D,Cotter S,Arduino MJ,Patel PR,Williams IT,Bialek SR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether empiric isolation of patients with acute respiratory virus infection symptoms could be discontinued when preliminary shell vial cultures were negative, and the impact of this approach on hospital resources. DESIGN:In 1993, we retrospectively reviewed respiratory virus test results from 1...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Beekmann SE,Engler HD,Collins AS,Canosa J,Henderson DK,Freifeld A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess definitions, experience, and infection control practices for multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB), including Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter, and Pseudomonas species, in acute care hospitals. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS:US and international members of the Society ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Drees M,Pineles L,Harris AD,Morgan DJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To evaluate the agreement between the current National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definition for ventriculitis and others found in the literature among patients with an external ventricular drain (EVD) DESIGN Retrospective cohort study from January 2009 to December 2014 SETTING Neurology and neurosurge...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Reyes MM,Munigala S,Church EL,Kulik TB,Keyrouz SG,Zipfel GJ,Warren DK

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Skin preparation is an important factor in reducing the rate of blood culture contamination. We assessed blood culture contamination rates associated with the use of skin antisepsis kits containing either 2% alcoholic chlorhexidine gluconate or 2% alcoholic tincture of iodine. DESIGN:Prospective, blinded cli...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Trautner BW,Clarridge JE,Darouiche RO

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water cultures were significantly more sensitive than concurrently collected swab cultures (n=2,147 each) in detecting Legionella pneumophila within a Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Sensitivity for water versus swab cultures was 90% versus 30% overall, 83% versus 48% during a nosocomial Legionnaires' disease outb...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Decker BK,Harris PL,Toy DL,Muder RR,Sonel AF,Clancy CJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa respiratory tract infections related to intrinsically contaminated ultrasound gel used for intraoperative transesophageal echocardiograms in cardiovascular surgery patients. This investigation led to a product safety alert by the Food and Drug Administration and the de...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Chittick P,Russo V,Sims M,Robinson-Dunn B,Oleszkowicz S,Sawarynski K,Powell K,Makin J,Darnell E,Boura JA,Boyanton B,Band J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine glove use and handwashing practices, the factors associated with infection control practices, and the frequency of potential microbial transmission in a long-term-care facility (LTCF). DESIGN:Observational study of 230 staff-resident interactions in an LTCF. We recorded resident characteristics...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Thompson BL,Dwyer DM,Ussery XT,Denman S,Vacek P,Schwartz B

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the rapid transfer of patients from the acute-care setting, the intensity of nursing care among residents in long-term-care facilities (LTCFs) has increased, transforming today's LTCFs into subacute healthcare facilities. Given the increased risk of infection among residents in LTCFs and the associated morbidit...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Goldrick BA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different sequentially applied post-varicella zoster virus (VZV) exposure management strategies were employed over a 43-month period. We began by using a standard post-exposure protocol in which 50 susceptible healthcare workers (HCW) involved in hospital exposures were furloughed from work at a loss to the hosp...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Josephson A,Karanfil L,Gombert ME

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To assess the clinical effectiveness of a universal screening program compared with a risk factor-based program in reducing the rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among admitted patients at the Ottawa Hospital. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. SETTING Ottawa Hospital, a mu...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Roth VR,Longpre T,Taljaard M,Coyle D,Suh KN,Muldoon KA,Ramotar K,Forster A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite evidence to the contrary, many practitioners continue to inappropriately screen for and treat bacteria in the urine of clinically asymptomatic patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of a new order set on the number of urine culture performed, antibiotic days of therapy (DOT), c...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Watson KJ,Trautner B,Russo H,Phe K,Lasco T,Pipkins T,Lembcke B,Al Mohajer M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine hundred seventy-two cultures taken from the external nares and the vaginal vestibules of 54 women for the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus were studied. The swabs were plated directly to a trypticase soy agar plate containing 5% sheep blood and were then placed into a selective staphylococcal broth. Both cultur...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sautter RL,Brown WJ,Mattman LH

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In-hospital transmission of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) among neonates remains enigmatic. We describe the epidemiology of MSSA colonization and infection in a 30-bed neonatal ward. DESIGN:Multimodal outbreak investigation SETTING:A public 800-bed tertiary care university hospital in...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Achermann Y,Seidl K,Kuster SP,Leimer N,Durisch N,Ajdler-Schäffler E,Karrer S,Senn G,Holzmann-Bürgel A,Wolfensberger A,Leone A,Arlettaz R,Zinkernagel AS,Sax H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of an educational program for the prevention of catheter colonization. DESIGN:Two cross-sectional studies were carried out in a 500-bed randomly selected area of the hospital, separated by an educational program on the care of intravenous lines based on the Centers for Disease Contro...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Parras F,Ena J,Bouza E,Guerrero MC,Moreno S,Gálvez T,Cercenado E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the costs and the benefits (both in terms of costs averted and of injuries averted) of education sessions and replacement of phlebotomy devices to ensure that needle recapping did not take place. DESIGN:The percentage of recapped needles and the rate of needlestick injuries were evaluated in 1990...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Roudot-Thoraval F,Montagne O,Schaeffer A,Dubreuil-Lemaire ML,Hachard D,Durand-Zaleski I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of decolonization as a strategy for preventing methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) remains to be determined. OBJECTIVE:After adding decolonization to further reduce MRSA transmission in our NICU, we conducted this retrospective review to eva...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bozzella MJ,Soghier L,Harris T,Zell L,Short BL,Song X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of nosocomial infection due to antimicrobial resistant bacteria in patients treated in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). DESIGN:Nested case-cohort study. Patient data were collected prospectively, and antimicrobial susceptibility data were abstr...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Foglia EE,Fraser VJ,Elward AM

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：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:To establish a new, rapid, and reliable genotypic fingerprinting technique for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) typing in routine epidemiological surveillance. DESIGN:The method is based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) following HaeII diges...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Wichelhaus TA,Hunfeld KP,Böddinghaus B,Kraiczy P,Schäfer V,Brade V

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although many catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are preventable, measures to reduce these infections are not uniformly implemented. OBJECTIVE:To update an existing evidenced-based guideline that promotes strategies to prevent CRBSIs. DATA SOURCES:The MEDLINE database, conference proceedings,...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： O'Grady NP,Alexander M,Dellinger EP,Gerberding JL,Heard SO,Maki DG,Masur H,McCormick RD,Mermel LA,Pearson ML,Raad II,Randolph A,Weinstein RA,Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness and efficiency of 17 housekeepers in terminal cleaning 292 hospital rooms was evaluated through adenosine triphosphate detection. A subgroup of housekeepers was identified who were significantly more effective and efficient than their coworkers. These optimum outliers may be used in performance impro...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Rupp ME,Huerta T,Cavalieri RJ,Lyden E,Van Schooneveld T,Carling P,Smith PW

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 1984-1985 influenza season, outbreaks of influenza A (H3N2) occurred in three Connecticut nursing homes. Influenza vaccination rates were 67% (96 out of 144), 35% (30 out of 85) and 69% (332 out of 483), respectively. The relative risk of illness for vaccinated compared to unvaccinated residents was 1.8 (95...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Cartter ML,Renzullo PO,Helgerson SD,Martin SM,Jekel JF

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a dual strategy of tuberculin skin test (TST) and QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) for screening of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in healthcare workers (HCWs) and, as a secondary objective, to study relationships between TST results, QFT-G results, and sociodemographic ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： del Campo MT,Fouad H,Solís-Bravo MM,Sánchez-Uriz MA,Mahíllo-Fernández I,Esteban J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of gastroenteritis caused by Norwalk-like virus occurred in two areas of the hospital: area 1, consisting of three adjacent and interconnected wards, with mostly elderly patients; and area 22, an acute ward in a separate building with elderly patients. In area 1, 40 patients and 20 staff were affected; in ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Russo PL,Spelman DW,Harrington GA,Jenney AW,Gunesekere IC,Wright PJ,Doultree JC,Marshall JA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the long-term outcomes of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) implemented in a hospital with low baseline antibiotic use. DESIGN:Quasi-experimental, interrupted time-series study. SETTING:Public safety net hospital with 525 beds. INTERVENTION:Implementation of a formal ASP in July 2008. ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Jenkins TC,Knepper BC,Shihadeh K,Haas MK,Sabel AL,Steele AW,Wilson ML,Price CS,Burman WJ,Mehler PS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine trends in compliance with the guidelines for preventing the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in healthcare facilities among New Jersey hospitals from 1989 through 1996. DESIGN:A voluntary questionnaire was sent to all 96 New Jersey hospitals in 1992. The 53 that responded were resurvey...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Manangan LP,Collazo ER,Tokars J,Paul S,Jarvis WR

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00