Contaminated commercial charcoal as a source of fungi in the respiratory tract.

abstract：:Candida auris is an emerging fungal pathogen that is often resistant to major classes of antifungal drugs. It is considered a serious global health threat because it can cause severe infections with frequent mortality in more than a dozen countries. It can survive on healthcare environmental surfaces for at least 7 da...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Rutala WA,Kanamori H,Gergen MF,Sickbert-Bennett EE,Weber DJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the cost of hospitalization of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infection (BSI) versus patients with methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) BSI, controlling for severity of underlying illness; and to identify risk factors associated with MRSA BSI. DESIG...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： McHugh CG,Riley LW

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Data on the resources and staff compensation of hospital epidemiology and infection control (HEIC) departments are limited and do not reflect current roles and responsibilities, including the public reporting of healthcare-associated infections. This study aimed to obtain information to assist HEIC profession...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Wright SB,Ostrowsky B,Fishman N,Deloney VM,Mermel L,Perl TM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The anterior nares are the most sensitive single site for detecting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization. Colonization patterns of USA300 MRSA colonization are unknown. OBJECTIVES:To assess whether residents of extended care facilities who are colonized with USA300 MRSA have diffe...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Shurland SM,Stine OC,Venezia RA,Johnson JK,Zhan M,Furuno JP,Miller RR,Johnson T,Roghmann MC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To evaluate antimicrobial utilization and prescription practices in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP). DESIGN Quasi-experimental, interrupted time-series study. SETTING A 54-bed, level IV NICU in a regional academic and tertiary referral ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Nzegwu NI,Rychalsky MR,Nallu LA,Song X,Deng Y,Natusch AM,Baltimore RS,Paci GR,Bizzarro MJ

更新日期：2017-10-01 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 AND OBJECTIVES:Prepared ready-to-eat salads and ready-to-eat delicatessen-style meats present a high risk for Listeria contamination. Because no foodborne illness risk management guidelines exist specifically for US hospitals, a survey of New York City (NYC) hospitals was conducted to characterize policies a...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Cokes C,France AM,Reddy V,Hanson H,Lee L,Kornstein L,Stavinsky F,Balter S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The quality of environmental hygiene in hospitals is under increasing scrutiny from both healthcare providers and consumers because the prevalence of serious infections due to multidrug-resistant pathogens has reached alarming levels. On the basis of the results from a small number of hospitals, we undertook ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Carling PC,Parry MF,Von Beheren SM,Healthcare Environmental Hygiene Study Group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate and control a nosocomial outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia lower respiratory tract infection. DESIGN:Outbreak investigation and case-control study. SETTING:A 260-bed community hospital. PATIENTS:Participants were mechanically ventilated intensive care patients without cystic fibrosis. A case ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ramsey AH,Skonieczny P,Coolidge DT,Kurzynski TA,Proctor ME,Davis JP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To reconstruct the infection curve for the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in Taiwan and to ascertain the temporal changes in the daily number of infections that occurred during the course of the outbreak. METHOD:Back-projection method. RESULTS:The peaks of the epidemic correspond we...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Yip PS,Hsieh YH,Xu Y,Lam KF,King CC,Chang HL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differences in reported hand hygiene compliance rates were assessed on the basis of the unit affiliation of observers. In 2 hospitals, unit-based observers more often reported higher compliance rates than did non-unit-based observers (79% vs 58.6%; difference, 20.4%; P<.001). Nonstandardized data collection methods co...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Dhar S,Tansek R,Toftey EA,Dziekan BA,Chevalier TC,Bohlinger CG,Fitch M,Flanagan ME,Chopra T,Marchaim D,Kaye KS

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：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：:Among 300 advanced cancer patients with potential urinary tract infection (UTI), 19 had symptomatic UTI. Among remaining patients (n = 281), 21% had asymptomatic bacteriuria or candiduria, and 14% received inappropriate therapy for 279 antimicrobial days. Bacteriuria or candiduria predicted antimicrobial therapy. At 1...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Datta R,Wang T,Zhu M,Dembry LM,Han L,Allore H,Quagliarello V,Juthani-Mehta M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the ability of a standard disinfection procedure to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the air-water channel of hysteroscopes. The residual HCV RNA remaining after the disinfection procedure was measured by polymerase chain reaction. When correctly applied to hysteroscopes, the standard disinfection pr...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sartor C,Charrel RN,de Lamballerie X,Sambuc R,De Micco P,Boubli L

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Viruses are more common than bacteria in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Little is known, however, about the frequency of respiratory viral testing and its associations with antimicrobial utilization. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:The study included 179 US hospitals. P...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Klompas M,Imrey PB,Yu PC,Rhee C,Deshpande A,Haessler S,Zilberberg MD,Rothberg MB

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify variables contributing to interfacility differences in mortality among residents of long-term care facilities who have lower respiratory tract infection. DESIGN:Multicenter, prospective, 1-year observational study. SETTING:Twenty-one long-term care facilities in 4 geographic areas of Canada. PA...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Nicolle LE,Mubareka S,Simor A,Liu B,McNeil S,Lewis D,Duckworth H,Cheang M,Loeb M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardizing healthcare surface sampling requires the evaluation of sampling tools for organism adherence. Here, 7 sampling tools were evaluated to assess their elution efficiencies in the presence of 5 pathogens. Foam sponges (80.6%), microfiber wipes (80.5%), foam swabs (77.9%), and cellulose sponges (66.5%) yielde...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： West-Deadwyler RM,Moulton-Meissner HA,Rose LJ,Noble-Wang JA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve nosocomial outbreaks over 14 years at a tertiary-care center in Mexico are described. Overall mortality was 25.8%, one half due to pneumonia. The most common organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Incidence was three outbreaks per 10,000 discharges; outbreak-related infections comprised 1.56% of all nosocomial in...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Baez-Martinez R,Rangel-Frausto MS,Ponce-de-León S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic gram-negative bacillus (AGNB) groin skin carriage was prospectively studied in ambulatory geriatric outpatients: 42 from three nursing homes and 44 from private homes. Initially, 12 (28.6%) Proteeae carriers were in the former group and 3 (6.8%) were in the latter (P = 0.01). At one year, 6 of 7 surviving nurs...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ehrenkranz NJ,Eckert DG,Alfonso BC,Moskowitz LB

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococci account for less than 1% of all surgical wound infections but are an important cause of nosocomial outbreaks. We report here a cluster of four group A streptococcal infections that occurred within an 11-day period on a single surgical service. The index case presented with toxic shock-like syndrom...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Jamieson FB,Green K,Low DE,Simor AE,Goldman C,Ng J,McGeer A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data collected from the individual cases reported by the media were used to estimate the distribution of the incubation period of travelers to Hubei versus that of nontravelers. Because a longer and more volatile incubation period has been observed in travelers, the duration of quarantine should be extended to 3 weeks...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Leung C

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micrococcus bacteria are frequently isolated from blood cultures and could represent a cause of infections associated with medical devices, particularly in immunocompromised patients; however, there is a lack of information on the management of micrococcal bacteremia. We report what is, to our knowledge, the largest s...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ramos ER,Hachem R,Youssef S,Fang X,Jiang Y,Raad I

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:More than 90% of Thai hospitals surveyed reported implementing environmental cleaning and disinfection (ECD) protocols. Hospital epidemiologist presence was associated with the existence of an ECD checklist (P=.01) and of ECD auditing (P=.001), while good and excellent hospital administrative support were associated w...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Apisarnthanarak A,Weber DJ,Ratz D,Saint S,Khawcharoenporn T,Greene MT

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare-associated transmission of respiratory viruses is a concerning patient safety issue. DESIGN:Surveillance for influenza virus among a cohort of healthcare workers (HCWs) was conducted in a tertiary care children's hospital from November 2009 through April 2010 using biweekly nasal swab specimen co...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Esbenshade JC,Edwards KM,Esbenshade AJ,Rodriguez VE,Talbot HK,Joseph MF,Nwosu SK,Chappell JD,Gern JE,Williams JV,Talbot TR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of major interventions targeting infection control and diagnostic stewardship in efforts to decrease Clostridioides difficile hospital onset rates over a 6-year period. DESIGN:Interrupted time series. SETTING:The study was conducted in an 865-bed academic medical center. METHODS:Monthl...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Doll ME,Zhao J,Kang L,Rittmann B,Alvarez M,Fleming M,Cooper K,Stevens MP,Bearman G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the closing years of the 20th century, there has been an unprecedented number of newly recognized infectious agents and a resurgence of infectious diseases only recently thought to be conquered. These problems have been compounded by the increasing number of pathogens that have evolved resistance to antimicrobi...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ostroff SM

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：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