Adjustment of the MRSA Search and Destroy policy for outpatients in the Netherlands: a prospective cohort study with repeated prevalence measurements.

abstract：Background:Valuation of the economic cost of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is important for decision making and should be estimated accurately. Highly variable or erroneous estimates may alarm policy makers and hospital administrators to act, but they also create confusion as to what the most reliable estimates are an...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Wozniak TM,Barnsbee L,Lee XJ,Pacella RE

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients are routinely exposed to classic risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), few studies have assessed CDI risk in these high-risk patients, and data are especially lacking for pediatric HCT recipients. We aimed to determine incidence and ri...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Boyle NM,Magaret A,Stednick Z,Morrison A,Butler-Wu S,Zerr D,Rogers K,Podczervinski S,Cheng A,Wald A,Pergam SA

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Although alcohol-based surgical hand preparation offers potential advantages over the traditional surgical scrubbing technique, implementing it may be challenging due to resistance of surgeons in changing their practice. We aimed to implement alcohol-based surgical hand preparation in the hospital setting ev...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Gaspar GG,Menegueti MG,Lopes AER,Santos ROC,de Araújo TR,Nassiff A,Ferreira LR,Dallora MELV,Canini SRMS,Bellissimo-Rodrigues F

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the most common healthcare associated infections in the low-middle income countries. Data on incidence and risk factors for SSI following surgeries in general and Obstetric and Gynecological surgeries in particular are scare. This study set out to identify risk facto...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Pathak A,Mahadik K,Swami MB,Roy PK,Sharma M,Mahadik VK,Lundborg CS

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The potentials of audit and feedback (AF) to improve healthcare are currently not exploited. To unlock the potentials of AF, this study focused on the process of making sense of audit data and translating data into actionable feedback by studying a specific AF-case: limiting antimicrobial resistance (AMR). T...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Keizer J,Beerlage-De Jong N,Al Naiemi N,van Gemert-Pijnen JEWC

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studying temporal changes in resistant pathogens causing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is crucial in improving local antimicrobial and infection control practices. The objective was to describe ten-year trends of resistance in pathogens causing HAIs in a tertiary care setting in Saudi Arabia and to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Balkhy HH,El-Saed A,Alshamrani MM,Alsaedi A,Al Nasser W,El Gammal A,Aljohany SM,Almunif S,Arabi Y,Alqahtani S,Bonnie HB,Alghoribi M,Alothman A,Almohrij SA

更新日期：2020-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The WHO SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands global hand hygiene campaign, launched in 2009 and celebrated annually on the 5th of May, features specific calls to action seeking to increase engagement from stakeholders' collaborations in hand hygiene improvement. WHO calls on everyone to be inspired by the global movement towa...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Tartari E,Fankhauser C,Peters A,Sithole BL,Timurkaynak F,Masson-Roy S,Allegranzi B,Pires D,Pittet D

更新日期：2019-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In France, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) are considered as Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) bacteria. Their management requires reinforcement of hospital's hygiene policies, and currently there is few consistent data concerning the spontaneous decolo...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Davido B,Moussiegt A,Dinh A,Bouchand F,Matt M,Senard O,Deconinck L,Espinasse F,Lawrence C,Fortineau N,Saleh-Mghir A,Caballero S,Escaut L,Salomon J

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Harmonization in hand hygiene training for infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals is lacking. We describe a standardized approach to training, using a "Train-the-Trainers" (TTT) concept for IPC professionals and assess its impact on hand hygiene knowledge in six countries. METHODS:We developed...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Tartari E,Fankhauser C,Masson-Roy S,Márquez-Villarreal H,Fernández Moreno I,Rodriguez Navas ML,Sarabia O,Bellissimo-Rodrigues F,Hernández-de Mezerville M,Lee YF,Aelami MH,Mehtar S,Agostinho A,Camilleri L,Allegranzi B,Pires

更新日期：2019-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Despite many preventive measures, outbreaks with multi-drug resistant micro-organisms (MDROs) still occur. Moreover, current alert systems from healthcare organizations have shortcomings due to delayed or incomplete notifications, which may amplify the spread of MDROs by introducing infected patients into a ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： van de Belt TH,van Stockum PT,Engelen LJLPG,Lancee J,Schrijver R,Rodríguez-Baño J,Tacconelli E,Saris K,van Gelder MMHJ,Voss A

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Regular and well-organized inspection of infection control is an essential element of an infection control program. The aim of this study was to identify the functional scope of weekly infection control team rounding (ICTR) in an acute care hospital. We conducted weekly ICTR between January 18 and December 26, 2018 to...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Jeong YS,Kim JH,Lee S,Lee SY,Oh SM,Lee E,Kim TH,Park SY

更新日期：2020-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adequate knowledge and safe practice of infection prevention among healthcare providers are vital to prevent nosocomial infections. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and practices of healthcare providers towards infection prevention and its associated factors in the health facilities of...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Assefa J,Diress G,Adane S

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeted screening of patients at high risk for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage is an important component of MRSA control programs, which rely on prediction tools to identify those high-risk patients. Most previous risk studies reported a substantial rate of patients who are eligi...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Pasricha J,Harbarth S,Koessler T,Camus V,Schrenzel J,Cohen G,Pittet D,Perrier A,Iten A

更新日期：2013-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We report on an outbreak in a surgical, interdisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital. We detected a cluster of ICU patients colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We established an outbreak investigation team, performed an exploratory epidemiological...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Salm F,Deja M,Gastmeier P,Kola A,Hansen S,Behnke M,Gruhl D,Leistner R

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:As emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) requires a standardized preventive approach, we aimed to evaluate current MDRO admission screening practices in Swiss hospitals and to identify potential barriers impeding their implementation. In early 2018, all Swiss public and private healthcare insti...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Martischang R,Buetti N,Balmelli C,Saam M,Widmer A,Harbarth S

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Beta-lactam and quinolone antimicrobials are commonly used for treatment of infections caused by non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) and other pathogens. Resistance to these classes of antimicrobials has increased significantly in the recent years. However, little is known on the genetic basis of resistance to th...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Eguale T,Birungi J,Asrat D,Njahira MN,Njuguna J,Gebreyes WA,Gunn JS,Djikeng A,Engidawork E

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Vancomycin-resistant isolates of E. faecalis and E. faecium are of special concern and patients at risk of acquiring a VRE colonization/infection include also intensively-cared neonates. We describe here an ongoing high prevalence of VanB type E. faecium in a neonatal ICU hardly to identify by r...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Werner G,Klare I,Fleige C,Geringer U,Witte W,Just HM,Ziegler R

更新日期：2012-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, to provide evidence on the rational use of masks, and to discuss additional measures important for the protection of healthcare workers from COVID-19. METHODS:Literature review and expert opinion. SHORT CONCLUSION:SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen causin...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Sommerstein R,Fux CA,Vuichard-Gysin D,Abbas M,Marschall J,Balmelli C,Troillet N,Harbarth S,Schlegel M,Widmer A,Swissnoso.

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Needlestick accidents while handling of infectious material in research laboratories can lead to life-threatening infections in laboratory personnel. In laboratories working with the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), the virus can be transmitted to humans through needlestick injury and lead to serio...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Dräger S,Marx AF,Pigny F,Cherpillod P,Eisermann P,Sendi P,Widmer AF

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutibacterium acnes is part of the anaerobic skin microbiome and resides in deeper skin layers. The organism is an agent of surgical site infections (SSI) in shoulder surgery. We hypothesized that prolonged skin preparation with an agent that penetrates deeply into the skin would be beneficial. Thus, we comp...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Dörfel D,Maiwald M,Daeschlein G,Müller G,Hudek R,Assadian O,Kampf G,Kohlmann T,Harnoss JC,Kramer A

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) remains a health problem for many countries in the world. The share of MDRTB is 10-30% among newly diagnosed cases and 20-70% among relapses and treatment failure. The aim of the study is to define the side effects of second line drugs used in the treatment of MDRTB o...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Matveyeva SL,Shevchenko OS,Pogorelova OO

更新日期：2017-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Antimicrobial disinfectants are used as primary treatment options against pathogens on surfaces in healthcare facilities to help prevent healthcare associated infections (HAIs). On many surfaces, pathogenic microorganisms exist as biofilms and form an extracellular matrix that protects them from the antimicr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Lineback CB,Nkemngong CA,Wu ST,Li X,Teska PJ,Oliver HF

更新日期：2018-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to urinary catheters is considered the most important risk factor for healthcare-associated urinary tract infection (UTI) and is associated with significant morbidity and substantial extra-costs. In this study, we assessed the impact of urinary catheterisation (UC) on symptomatic healthcare-associat...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Uçkay I,Sax H,Gayet-Ageron A,Ruef C,Mühlemann K,Troillet N,Petignat C,Bernasconi E,Balmelli C,Widmer A,Boubaker K,Pittet D,Swiss-NOSO network.

更新日期：2013-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite of the steady decrease of surgical site infection (SSI) over the last two decades, the incidence of SSI after hip and knee arthroplasty has recently surged. This may be explained by technical changes that may result in an increased risk of SSI, such as the broad implementation of fast track programs, and/or ea...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Ho J,Meis JF,Nabuurs-Franssen M,Voss A

更新日期：2015-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bacterial biofilms persistent on dry environmental surfaces in healthcare facilities play an important role in the occurrence of healthcare associated infections (HAI). Compared to wet surface biofilms and planktonic bacteria, dry surface biofilms (DSB) are more tolerant to disinfection. However, there is no...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Nkemngong CA,Voorn MG,Li X,Teska PJ,Oliver HF

更新日期：2020-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:A substantial portion of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) cases occur in communities, and community-onset CDI (CO-CDI) can lead to serious complications including mortality. This study aimed to identify the risk factors for a poor outcome in CO-CDI. Methods:We performed a retrospective review of all in...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Lee E,Song KH,Bae JY,Yoon D,Hwang JH,Choe PG,Park WB,Bang JH,Kim ES,Park SW,Kim NJ,Oh MD,Kim HB

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Diagnosis of C. difficile infection (CDI) is controversial because of the many laboratory methods available and their lack of ability to distinguish between carriage, mild or severe disease. Here we describe whether a low C. difficile toxin B nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) cycle threshold (CT) can pr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Garvey MI,Bradley CW,Wilkinson MAC,Holden E

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), including methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), is an eminent human pathogen that can colonize the human host and cause severe life-threatening infections. The development of a reliable, simple and rapid assay for detecting S. ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Chen X,Ma K,Yi X,Xiong L,Wang Y,Li S

更新日期：2020-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudomonas endocarditis is exceedingly rare, especially in patients without predisposing risks. We present such a case that included unexpected switches in antibacterial resistance profiles in two Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) strains with the same whole-genome sequence. The case also involved diagnostic and ...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Lesho E,Snesrud E,Kwak Y,Ong A,Maybank R,Laguio-Vila M,Falsey AR,Hinkle M

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Dispensary and use of antibiotics without prescriptions from qualified providers is a common practice in countries with poor pharmaceutical regulations and where due focus is not given to rational use. This practice is a main factor for the spread of antimicrobial resistance due to its non-reliance on pre-tr...

journal_title：Antimicrobial resistance and infection control

authors： Koji EM,Gebretekle GB,Tekle TA

更新日期：2019-07-16 00:00:00