Outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in a Dutch nursing home.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors contributing to a cluster of deaths from invasive group A streptococcus (GAS) infection in a nursing home facility and to prevent additional cases. DESIGN:Outbreak investigation. SETTING:A 146-bed nursing home facility in northern Nevada. METHODS:We defined a case as the isolation of GA...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Thigpen MC,Thomas DM,Gloss D,Park SY,Khan AJ,Fogelman VL,Beall B,Van Beneden CA,Todd RL,Greene CM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection preventionists at Minnesota hospitals were surveyed to determine whether they had Legionella water management plans. Of 137 hospitals, 84 (61%) responded. Among them, 27% hospitals had a water management plan, 21% regularly sampled for Legionella, and 51% had knowledge of ASHRAE Legionella prevention standar...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Danila RN,Koranteng N,Como-Sabetti KJ,Robinson TJ,Laine ES

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 2000 to 2009, rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumanii increased 10-fold to 0.2 per 1,000 patient days. From 2010 to 2015, however, rates markedly declined and have stayed below 0.05 per 1,000 patient days. Herein, we present a 15-year trend analysis and discuss interventions that may have led to the d...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Russell DL,Uslan DZ,Rubin ZA,Grogan TR,Martin EM

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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：:We investigated the mortality associated with Acinetobacter baumannii complex bacteremia among a cohort of patients hospitalized for war-related trauma. Despite a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains, the 30-day mortality rate was 2%. For relatively young patients with war-related trauma, A. baumannii comple...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Kang G,Hartzell JD,Howard R,Wood-Morris RN,Johnson MD,Fraser S,Weintrob A,Wortmann G

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The relation between antibiotic control and resistance was assessed by review of selected journal articles from 1988 through 1994. Most studies of control or monitoring do not report susceptibility pattern as an outcome measure. Several aspects of bias and confounding prevent more than analysis of temporal association...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： McGowan JE Jr

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To measure the incidence of nosocomial infection (NI) among patients with septic shock according to the place of septic shock acquisition and to evaluate the increase in the risk of pulmonary infection associated with septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two intensive care units (ICUs) of...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Landelle C,Lepape A,Français A,Tognet E,Thizy H,Voirin N,Timsit JF,Monneret G,Vanhems P

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Air conditioner condensates have not been previously associated with cases of Legionnaires' disease. We report the possible transmission of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 from a malfunctioning automobile air conditioning system's leaking water onto the floorboard of a car driven for a long distance by the patient....

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Pinar A,Ramirez JA,Schindler LL,Miller RD,Summersgill JT

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may contaminate their immediate environment with this organism. However, the extent to which gastrointestinal colonization with MRSA affects environmental contamination is not known. We investigated the frequency of environmental conta...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Boyce JM,Havill NL,Otter JA,Adams NM

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though many agents have been proposed as potential biological weapons, the feasibility of biological warfare is largely a matter of conjecture. The unpredictable and indiscriminate devastation caused by natural epidemics during wartime should warn us of the dangers of employing microbes as weapons. ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Nettleman MD

更新日期：1991-06-01 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: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：OBJECTIVE:Reduce the frequency of contaminated blood cultures that meet National Healthcare Safety Network definitions for a central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). DESIGN:An observational study. SETTING:A 500-bed university-affiliated hospital. METHODS:A new blood culture policy discouraged drawing ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Boyce JM,Nadeau J,Dumigan D,Miller D,Dubowsky C,Reilly L,Hannon CV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The device standardized infection ratio (SIR) is used to compare unit and hospital performance for different publicly reported infections. Interventions to reduce unnecessary device use may select a higher-risk population, leading to a paradoxical increase in SIR for some high-performing facilities. The stan...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Fakih MG,Huang RH,Bufalino A,Erlinger T,Sturm L,Hendrich A,Haydar Z

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:The geriatric population represents the largest reservoir of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in developed nations, including the United States. Tuberculosis (TB) case rates in the United States are highest for this age group compared with other age categories. The subtle clinical manifestations of TB in the elder...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Rajagopalan S,Yoshikawa TT

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Food is an established source of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. Hand hygiene and cooking prevent transmission, but hands could be recontaminated by touching used cutting boards. ESBL-producing Escherichia coli were identified on 12% of cutting boards and 50% of gloves after poultry ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Tschudin-Sutter S,Frei R,Stephan R,Hächler H,Nogarth D,Widmer AF

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the sensitivity and specificity of two retrospective active surveillance methods based on review of the medical record and review of the discharge form in identfying nosocomial infection, taking the prospective surveillance method as the reference standard. DESIGN:Blind comparison of three active ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Belío-Blasco C,Torres-Fernández-Gil MA,Echeverría-Echarri JL,Gómez-López LI

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SHEA and the American Society for Quality's Health Care Division have been collaborating in areas of common concern to improve healthcare quality. We each possess a heritage of different but complementary approaches and stand a better chance of success together than apart. This presentation describes rapid growth of o...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Birnbaum D,Health Care Quality Special Interest Group.

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify patient-care practices related to an increased prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among chronic hemodialysis patients. DESIGN:Survey. SETTING:Chronic hemodialysis facilities in the United States. PARTICIPANTS:Equal-probability 2-stage cluster sampling was used to select 87 faciliti...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Shimokura G,Chai F,Weber DJ,Samsa GP,Xia GL,Nainan OV,Tobler LH,Busch MP,Alter MJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-item survey instrument was designed and mailed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America to its membership to determine the media preferred by infectious diseases physicians for continuing medical education on general topics and on antimicrobial resistance. The objective of the survey was to offer the develop...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Blakely JT,Sinkowitz-Cochran RL,Jarvis WR

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We quantified the time burden of alcohol-based handrub accompanying nonsterile-glove use among emergency physicians, through observation in controlled and clinical settings. We report gloving episodes per hour, gloving times with and without handrub, and handrub recommendations compliance. Handrub adds 46 seconds to e...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Reardon JM,Valenzuela JE,Parmar S,Venkatesh AK,Schuur JD,Allen MB,Pallin DJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was implemented in Rio de Janeiro and Uberlândia University Hospitals, which had different policies on use of mupirocin. One hundred fourteen multiresistant MRSA strains were isolated from 62 patients. Mupirocin resistance was observed in 63% of strai...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Netto dos Santos KR,de Souza Fonseca L,Gontijo Filho PP

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is the first in a two-part series discussing and illustrating the application of statistical process control (SPC) to processes often examined by hospital epidemiologists. The basic philosophical and theoretical foundations of statistical quality control and their relation to epidemiology are emphasized i...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Benneyan JC

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Older adults often have atypical presentation of illness and are particularly vulnerable to influenza and its sequelae, making the validity of influenza case definitions particularly relevant. We sought to assess the performance of influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) crite...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Andrew MK,McElhaney JE,McGeer AA,Hatchette TF,Leblanc J,Webster D,Bowie W,Poirier A,Nichols MK,McNeil SA,Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) Serious Outcomes Surveillance Network Investigators.

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the frequency and relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates to determine whether healthcare workers, the environment, or admitted patients could be a reservoir for MRSA on a burn trauma unit (BTU). We also assessed risk factors for MRSA colonization among BTU patie...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Schweizer M,Ward M,Cobb S,McDanel J,Leder L,Wibbenmeyer L,Latenser B,Diekema D,Herwaldt L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a survey of 16,914 patients to determine the point prevalence of healthcare-associated catheter-associated urinary tract infection (HA-CAUTI) and urinary catheter care in public hospitals in Hong Kong. Overall HA-CAUTI prevalence was 0.27%. Compliance was generally good, except for documenting the date of...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Chen H,Lee JWY,Yu KCH,Chan CKW,Wong ATY,Lai RWM,Fung KSC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00