Evaluation of integrity of gloves used in a flow cytometry laboratory.

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:To reveal the source of a nosocomial outbreak of colonization and infection with a strain of Serratia marcescens positive for Guiana extended-spectrum beta-lactamase 1 (GES-1) that occurred among patients in a neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) in a Dutch university medical center from May 2002 through M...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： de Vries JJ,Baas WH,van der Ploeg K,Heesink A,Degener JE,Arends JP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether footwear exchange affects the incidence of febrile neutropenia among patients undergoing chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies. DESIGN:Open trial with historical comparison. SETTING:The 12-bed high-efficiency particulate air-filtered hematology unit at Osaka University Hospital, Sui...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Sugahara H,Mizuki M,Matsumae S,Nabetani Y,Kikuchi M,Kanakura Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE National hospital performance measures for C. difficile infection (CD) are available; comparing antibacterial use among performance levels can aid in identifying effective antimicrobial stewardship strategies to reduce CDI rates. DESIGN Hospital-level, cross-sectional analysis. METHODS Hospital characteristi...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Patterson JA,Edmond MB,Hohmann SF,Pakyz AL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Peripheral venous catheters (PVCs) can be associated with serious infectious complications. We evaluated the effect of education and feedback on process measures to improve PVC care and infectious complications. DESIGN:Quasi-experimental controlled crossover study with sampling before and aft...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Fakih MG,Jones K,Rey JE,Berriel-Cass D,Kalinicheva T,Szpunar S,Saravolatz LD

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hand hygiene noncompliance is a major cause of nosocomial infection. Nosocomial infection cost data exist, but the effect of hand hygiene noncompliance is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To estimate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-related cost of an incident of hand hygiene noncompliance by a healthca...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Cummings KL,Anderson DJ,Kaye KS

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore how hand hygiene observer scheduling influences the number of events and unique individuals observed. DESIGN:We deployed a mobile sensor network to capture detailed movement data for 6 categories of healthcare workers over a 2-week period. SETTING:  University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic medical ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Fries J,Segre AM,Thomas G,Herman T,Ellingson K,Polgreen PM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of changes to urine testing orderables in computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system on urine culturing practices. DESIGN:Retrospective before-and-after study. SETTING:A 1,250-bed academic tertiary-care referral center. PATIENTS:Hospitalized adults who had ≥1 urine culture perf...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Munigala S,Rojek R,Wood H,Yarbrough ML,Jackups RR,Burnham CD,Warren DK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the rate of occupational exposure to blood and body fluids from all sources and specifically from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected sources among hospital workers, by job category and work area. DESIGN:Multicenter prospective study. Occupational exposure data (numerator) and full-time eq...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Puro V,De Carli G,Petrosillo N,Ippolito G

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:OBJECTIVES Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) develop rapidly after brief and transient exposures, and ecological exposures are central to their etiology. However, many studies of HAIs risk do not correctly account for the timing of outcomes relative to exposures, and they ignore ecological factors. We aimed to descr...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Brown KA,Daneman N,Stevens VW,Zhang Y,Greene TH,Samore MH,Arora P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate risk factors and treatment outcomes of bloodstream infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-KP). DESIGN:Retrospective case-control study. Stored blood isolates of K. pneumoniae were tested for ESBL production by NCCLS guidelines, double-disk syne...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Kang CI,Kim SH,Kim DM,Park WB,Lee KD,Kim HB,Oh MD,Kim EC,Choe KW

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on healthcare worker use of a safe zone (outside a 3-foot perimeter around the patient's bed) and personal protective equipment in 2 inpatient spinal cord injury/disorder units. Workers remained within the safe zone during 22% of observations but were less compliant with personal protective equipment inside ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Lones K,Ramanathan S,Fitzpatrick M,Hill JN,Guihan M,Richardson MS,Evans CT

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:We investigated an outbreak of postoperative shoulder arthritis due to Propionibacterium acnes infection in nondebilitated patients. Risk factors were male sex, the order in which surgery was performed during the daily operating schedule, and increased duration of the surgical procedure. After modification of the vent...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Berthelot P,Carricajo A,Aubert G,Akhavan H,Gazielly D,Lucht F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To analyze influential infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, or medical microbiology blogs and bloggers SETTING World wide web DESIGN We conducted a systematic search for blogs in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines in September 2015. METHODS A snowball sampling approach was ap...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Birgand G,Troughton R,Moore LSP,Charani E,Rawson TM,Castro-Sánchez E,Holmes AH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malassezia furfur, a lipophilic yeast, has become recognized as a cause of sepsis in infants receiving parenteral fat emulsions via indwelling deep venous catheters. Colonization of infants' skin may be a prerequisite to colonization of the intravascular catheter and subsequent infection with M furfur. Three hundred n...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bell LM,Alpert G,Slight PH,Campos JM

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a cluster of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in college football players. Risk factors included a history of recurrent skin infections and contact with the skin lesions of persons outside college. The infections were controlled through treatment of carriers with topical mupirocin...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Archibald LK,Shapiro J,Pass A,Rand K,Southwick F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial agents used as disinfectants and antiseptics are increasing in epidemiologic importance. The regulation of topical antiseptics has ranged from nonexistent, lax and confusing to inclusion in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over-the-counter (OTC) review of drug ingredients. This article simplifies t...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bruch MK,Larson E

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections was reported in a hospital in Ecuador. Commercially produced ampoules of water for injection were found to be contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia and Myroides odoratus. Removal of these ampoules yielded a 10-fold reduction in the incidence of ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Douce RW,Zurita J,Sanchez O,Cardenas Aldaz P

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：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：:We evaluated vancomycin use in a hospital with endemic vancomycin-resistant enterococci and a vancomycin restriction program. Only 68% of vancomycin was prescribed appropriately. Inappropriate use was due primarily to empirical therapy. In the patients with a microbiological diagnosis following empirical therapy, 83% ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Roghmann MC,Perdue BE,Polish L

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:A surgeon-specific computer-generated monthly questionnaire was used to improve surveillance of surgical wound infections in outpatients as well as inpatients following discharge. From July 1988 through June 1989, 20,536 surgical procedures were performed at our medical center, of which 53% were for outpatients. The t...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Manian FA,Meyer L

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate and control an outbreak of colonization and infection caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in a burn intensive care unit (BICU). DESIGN:Epidemiological investigation, including multiple point-prevalence culture surveys of patients and environment, cultures from hands of healthcare ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Falk PS,Winnike J,Woodmansee C,Desai M,Mayhall CG

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-recommended infection control measures implemented in response to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort studies of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients and healthcare w...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Stroud LA,Tokars JI,Grieco MH,Crawford JT,Culver DH,Edlin BR,Sordillo EM,Woodley CL,Gilligan ME,Schneider N

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:OBJECTIVE. To determine the impact of known observers on hand hygiene performance in inpatient care units with differing baseline levels of hand hygiene compliance. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Three inpatient care units, selected on the basis of past hand hygiene performance, in a hospital where ha...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Kohli E,Ptak J,Smith R,Taylor E,Talbot EA,Kirkland KB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Fluoroquinolones have not been frequently implicated as a cause of Clostridium difficile outbreaks. Nosocomial C. difficile infections increased from 2.7 to 6.8 cases per 1000 discharges (P < .001). During the first 2 years of the outbreak, there were 253 nosocomial C. difficile infections; of ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Muto CA,Pokrywka M,Shutt K,Mendelsohn AB,Nouri K,Posey K,Roberts T,Croyle K,Krystofiak S,Patel-Brown S,Pasculle AW,Paterson DL,Saul M,Harrison LH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ST398 in a nursing home in the Netherlands. Seven residents and 4 healthcare workers were identified with MRSA ST398, but 2 of the healthcare workers carried other strains. This study demonstrates that MRSA ST398 can spread in nursing homes....

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Verkade E,Bosch T,Hendriks Y,Kluytmans J

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00