Lack of Benefit With Combination Therapy for Clostridium difficile Infection.

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：:Antimicrobial agents are among the most frequently prescribed medications in long-term-care facilities (LTCFs). Therefore, it is not surprising that Clostridium difficile colonization and C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) occur commonly in elderly LTCF residents. C. difficile has been identified as the most comm...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Simor AE,Bradley SF,Strausbaugh LJ,Crossley K,Nicolle LE,SHEA Long-Term-Care Committee.

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND High-level disinfectants (HLDs) are used throughout the healthcare industry to chemically disinfect reusable, semicritical medical and dental devices to control and prevent healthcare-associated infections among patient populations. Workers who use HLDs are at risk of exposure to these chemicals, some of wh...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Henn SA,Boiano JM,Steege AL

更新日期：2015-02-01 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:Better understand the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of peripheral venous catheter (PVC)-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. DESIGN:Retrospective study of PVC-related S. aureus bacteremias in adult patients from July 2005 through March 2008. A point-prevalence survey was performed January 9, 200...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Trinh TT,Chan PA,Edwards O,Hollenbeck B,Huang B,Burdick N,Jefferson JA,Mermel LA

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common surgical complications that lead to increased costs. Depending on payer type, however, they do not necessarily translate into deficits for every hospital. OBJECTIVE:We investigated how surgical site infections (SSIs) influence the contribution margin in 2 reimburse...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： von Strauss M,Marti WR,Mujagic E,Coslovsky M,Diernberger K,Hall P,Zeindler J,Salm LA,Soysal SD,Mechera R,von Holzen U,Weber WP

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To develop an automated method for ventilator-associated condition (VAC) surveillance and to compare its accuracy and efficiency with manual VAC surveillance SETTING:The intensive care units (ICUs) of 4 hospitals METHODS:This study was conducted at Detroit Medical Center, a tertiary care center in metropoli...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Mann T,Ellsworth J,Huda N,Neelakanta A,Chevalier T,Sims KL,Dhar S,Robinson ME,Kaye KS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 1-week period, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B was recovered from two patients in the intensive-care unit (ICU). A cross-infection was presumed when one patient developed invasive meningococcal disease and another patient was found to be colonized. Investigation by molecular typing showed that these cases we...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Louie M,Simor AE,Rachlis A,Louie L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Definitions of ventilator-associated pneumonia do not note a preferred daily time for obtaining denominator data. We examined collecting data on the number of ventilator-days at different times of day in 7 intensive care units. Rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia did not significantly differ when denominator data...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Talbot TR,Starmer JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital antibiotic use in Argentina has not been described. We present results of point prevalence surveys on antibiotic use conducted in 109 Argentinian hospitals in November 2018 and submitted to the National Program of Epidemiology and Control of Hospital-Acquired Infections, and we discuss potential areas for imp...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Peralta N,Camou BI,Leszczuk K,Arcidiácono D,Lerena RG,Herrera P,Cornistein W,Riera F,Cosgrove SE,Fabre V

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The molecular epidemiology of pediatric Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is poorly understood. We aimed to identify the restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) groups causing CDI and to determine risk factors and outcomes associated with CDI caused by epidemic strains in children. DESIGN:Retrospective c...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Kociolek LK,Patel SJ,Shulman ST,Gerding DN

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To devise a system for surveying the frequency of nosocomial infections in a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. DESIGN:Prospective selective surveillance by nurses of the charts of patients at high risk for nosocomial infections, as identified by a form completed by resident physicians. The sens...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Lima NL,Pereira CR,Souza IC,Facanha MC,Lima AA,Guerrant RL,Farr BM

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated surgical site infections (SSIs) following hip and knee arthroplasties to evaluate predictors of SSI. We found a significant increase in deep Staphylococcus aureus (SA) SSIs despite the decreasing overall SSI rate. The risk of deep SA-SSI differed between genders and among age groups and was affected by...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Prattingerová J,Sarvikivi E,Huotari K,Ollgren J,Lyytikäinen O

更新日期：2019-02-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Develop a clinical decision support tool comprised of an electronic medical record alert and antimicrobial stewardship navigator to facilitate antimicrobial stewardship. DESIGN:We analyzed alerts targeting antimicrobial de-escalation to assess the effectiveness of the navigator as a stewardship tool. The ale...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Schulz L,Osterby K,Fox B

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the feasibility of implementing a standardized performance measure for collecting and reporting influenza vaccination rates among healthcare personnel, qualitative, semistructured interviews were conducted with key informants in 32 healthcare facilities. Despite practical and logistical challenges to imp...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Maccannell T,Shugart A,Schneider AK,Lindley MC,Lorick SA,Rao A,Woods LO,Ahmed F,Sinkowitz-Cochran RL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop new evaluation indices of infection control and to use them to evaluate Korean infection surveillance and control programs (ISCPs). DESIGN:We performed a questionnaire-based survey to 164 acute care general hospitals throughout the Republic of Korea that had more than 300 beds. Study methods were ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Oh HS,Cheong HW,Yi SE,Kim H,Choe KW,Cho SI

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Despite contact isolation precautions for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), MRSA infections are increasing in many countries. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of a potential unrecognized reservoir of MRSA carried by patients in acute care wards, we determined the prevalence of ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Lucet JC,Grenet K,Armand-Lefevre L,Harnal M,Bouvet E,Regnier B,Andremont A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluate aerobiological monitoring for fungal spores during hospital construction and correlate results with an outbreak of invasive aspergillosis (IA). DESIGN:Prospective air sampling for molds was done using the gravity air-settling plate (GASP) method. SETTING:A university medical center special care uni...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Iwen PC,Davis JC,Reed EC,Winfield BA,Hinrichs SH

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose the use of a machine learning algorithm to improve possible COVID-19 case identification more quickly using a mobile phone-based web survey. This method could reduce the spread of the virus in susceptible populations under quarantine. ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Srinivasa Rao ASR,Vazquez JA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manual surveillance of surgical site infections (SSIs) after total hip or knee arthroplasty is time-consuming and prone to error. Semiautomated surveillance based on routine care data extracted from electronic health records can retrospectively identify deep SSIs and substantially reduce workload while maintaining 100...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sips ME,Bonten MJM,van Mourik MSM

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：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：:We describe characteristics of elderly patients with MRSA identified in 37 Canadian hospitals between 1995 and 2002. Of these inpatients, 6,613 (66%) were older than 65 years. They were more likely than younger patients to have been colonized without infection and to have had MRSA isolated from urine or the perineum. ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Simor AE,Ofner-Agostini M,Paton S,McGeer A,Loeb M,Bryce E,Mulvey M,Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program.

更新日期：2005-10-01 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