Statewide collaboration to evaluate the effects of blood loss and transfusion on surgical site infection after hysterectomy.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether hepatitis B virus (HBV) transmission occurred among patients visiting a physician's office and to evaluate potential transmission mechanisms. DESIGN:Serologic survey, retrospective cohort study, and observation of infection control practices. SETTING:Private medical office. PATIENTS:T...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Samandari T,Malakmadze N,Balter S,Perz JF,Khristova M,Swetnam L,Bornschlegel K,Phillips MS,Poshni IA,Nautiyal P,Nainan OV,Bell BP,Williams IT

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a common hospital-acquired infection. Previous reports on the incidence, risk factors, and impact of CDI on resources in the surgical population are limited. In this context, we study CDI across diverse surgical settings. METHODS We prospectively identified patients w...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Abdelsattar ZM,Krapohl G,Alrahmani L,Banerjee M,Krell RW,Wong SL,Campbell DA,Aronoff DM,Hendren S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To describe the investigation and control of a cluster of Serratia marcescens bacteremia in a 505-bed tertiary-care center. METHODS Cluster cases were defined as all patients with S. marcescens bacteremia between March 2 and April 7, 2014, who were found to have identical or related blood isolates determined...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Schuppener LM,Pop-Vicas AE,Brooks EG,Duster MN,Crnich CJ,Sterkel AK,Webb AP,Safdar N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 49 long-term care facility residents, 21 (43%) were colonized with 2 or more distinct strains of Escherichia coli. There were no significant risk factors for colonization with multiple strains of E. coli. These results suggest that future efforts to efficiently identify the diversity of colonizing strains will be c...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Lautenbach E,Tolomeo P,Black N,Maslow JN

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaraldehyde (pentanedial) is a dialdehyde that displays potent bactericidal, fungicidal, mycobactericidal, sporicidal, and virucidal activity. Pertinent to its activity is its interaction with amino groups in proteins and enzymes, but this simplistic statement masks the manner in which it inactivates various types ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Russell AD

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overall IDSA/SIS intra-abdominal infection guideline compliance was not associated with improved outcomes; however, there was a longer time to active therapy (P=.024) and higher mortality (P=.077) if empiric therapy was too narrow per guidelines. These findings support the need for the implementation of customized ins...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Huang LL,Van Schooneveld TC,Huang RD,Olsen KM,Rupp ME,Gross AE

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An anonymous national survey of a representative population of healthcare workers who were thought likely to have frequent and intensive exposures to blood and other body fluids (certified nurse-midwives [CNMs]), was conducted to assess the type and frequency of self-reported occupational exposures to blood and body f...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Willy ME,Dhillon GL,Loewen NL,Wesley RA,Henderson DK

更新日期：1990-07-01 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 determine trends, patient characteristics, and outcome of patients with healthcare-associated influenza in Canadian hospitals. DESIGN:Prospective surveillance of laboratory-confirmed influenza among hospitalized adults was conducted from 2006 to 2012. Adults with positive test results at or after admissio...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Taylor G,Mitchell R,McGeer A,Frenette C,Suh KN,Wong A,Katz K,Wilkinson K,Amihod B,Gravel D,Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program.

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether healthcare-associated infection data should be presented using indirect (current CMS/CDC methodology) or direct standardization remains controversial. We applied both methods to central-line-associated bloodstream infection data from 45 acute-care hospitals in Maryland from 2012 to 2014. We found that the 2 me...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： O'Hara LM,Masnick M,Leekha S,Jackson SS,Blanco N,Harris AD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

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：:An outbreak of invasive Mycobacterium chimaera infections associated with heater-cooler devices (HCDs) has now affected patients in several countries on different continents. Clinical infections are characterized by delayed diagnosis, inadequate treatment response to antimicrobial agents, and poor prognosis. Outbreak ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sommerstein R,Schreiber PW,Diekema DJ,Edmond MB,Hasse B,Marschall J,Sax H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of a standard cleaning and sterilization protocol employed during reuse of cardiac electrophysiology catheters on the infectivity of duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV; a surrogate for human hepatitis B virus), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV; a surrogate for human hepatitis C virus), and h...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Druce JD,Russell JS,Birch CJ,Vickery K,Harper RW,Smolich JJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annual surveillance data (2007-2015), collected continuously in 132 German hospitals, was evaluated for development of alcohol-based hand-rub consumption (AHC) as a surrogate parameter for hand hygiene adherence. Overall, the median increase in AHC was 94%. The increases over 9 years were significant in all units and ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Wetzker W,Walter J,Bunte-Schönberger K,Schwab F,Behnke M,Gastmeier P,Reichardt C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the clonality of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains among hospitalized patients. SETTING:University-affiliated, 465-bed tertiary-care teaching hospital with adjacent cancer clinic in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. DESIGN:Thirty-five colonized and 30 infected patients from Jan...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Nath SK,Shea B,Jackson S,Rotstein C

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Typing systems for differentiating among strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be valuable tools for the epidemiologist and the clinician. Specific criteria for evaluating such systems are typeability, reproducibility, and discriminatory power. An ideal typing system also would be rapid, in...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Mulligan ME,Arbeit RD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the impact of an automated intraoperative alert to redose prophylactic antibiotics in prolonged cardiac operations. DESIGN:Randomized, controlled, evaluator-blinded trial. SETTING:University-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS:Patients undergoing cardiac surgery that lasted more than 4 hours after the ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Zanetti G,Flanagan HL Jr,Cohn LH,Giardina R,Platt R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of normal use on latex glove integrity in a flow cytometry laboratory. The gloves were tested using the 1,000 microL water-tight test and met industrial standards (less than 4% leakage) before, but not after use. More durable gloves, or more frequent changes of gloves, m...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Cappuccio WR,Lees PS,Breysse PN,Margolick JB

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group A streptococcus is an uncommon but important cause of nosocomial infections. Outbreaks of infection most often have occurred in surgical or obstetrical patients. We describe an outbreak of severe group A streptococcal infections that occurred on a medical unit of a community hospital. Within an 8-day period, thr...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ramage L,Green K,Pyskir D,Simor AE

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians and clinical employees at a children's hospital were surveyed to compare their tuberculosis (TB) screening and immunization statuses. Failure to offer screening and immunization services to non-employee physicians was associated with lower rates of reported immunity to several vaccine-preventable diseases a...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bratcher DF,Stover BH,Lane NE,Paul RI

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to rigorously evaluate the impact of prospective audit and feedback on broad-spectrum antimicrobial use among critical care patients. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled interrupted time series. SETTING:Single tertiary care center with 3 intensive care units. PATIENTS AND INTERVENTIONS:A formal review ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Elligsen M,Walker SA,Pinto R,Simor A,Mubareka S,Rachlis A,Allen V,Daneman N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study of patients with and without confirmed UTI was performed to identify risk factors for nosocomial UTI. Duration of hospitalization, unit of admission, history of diabetes mellitus or debilitating diseases, and duration and number of urinary catheters were independently associated with increased ris...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Al-Helali NS,Al-Asmary SM,Abdel-Fattah MM,Al-Jabban TM,Al-Bamri AL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe factors associated with a rectal swab or stool sample positive for norovirus, rotavirus, or adenovirus. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Charleston Area Medical Center, a regional academic medical center in Charleston, West Virginia. METHODS:Rectal swab or stool samples were obtained from pa...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Wilhelm CM,Hanna SL,Welch CA,Shahid H,Minnich LL,Daly SB,Udall JN Jr

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of six controlled studies was performed to evaluate the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection among pediatric nurses. The pooled risk ratio for CMV infection in pediatric nurses using cumulative incidence data was statistically significant (risk ratio [RR] 2.7; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.33 - 5.5...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Flowers RH 3rd,Torner JC,Farr BM

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

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 risk factors for and modes of transmission of Xanthomonas maltophilia infection/colonization. DESIGN:Surveillance and cohort study. SETTING:A 470-bed tertiary trauma-referral community hospital. PATIENTS:From January 1, 1988 to March 17, 1989, 106 intensive care unit patients developed X malto...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Villarino ME,Stevens LE,Schable B,Mayers G,Miller JM,Burke JP,Jarvis WR

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Corynebacterium minutissimum is well-known as the cause of erythrasma, it is noted as the etiologic agent of nondermatologic disease only rarely. We document this organism as a cause of central venous catheter-associated bacteremia and report the use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to characterize its mol...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Rupp ME,Stiles KG,Tarantolo S,Goering RV

更新日期：1998-10-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between contact precautions and delirium among inpatients, adjusting for other factors. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:A 662-bed tertiary care center. PATIENTS:All nonpyschiatric adult patients admitted to a tertiary care center from 2007 through 2009. METHODS:G...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Day HR,Perencevich EN,Harris AD,Gruber-Baldini AL,Himelhoch SS,Brown CH,Dotter E,Morgan DJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00