abstract：:Monsel's solution is a common topically applied hemostatic agent used in minor dermatologic and gynecologic surgery. Clinically, because it is often stored for long periods and dispensed from a common source for multiple patients, Monsel's solution is a potential vector for transmission of infection. However, microbio...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Rupp ME,Medcalf SJ,Fey PD,Handke LD,Marion ND

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Although many catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are preventable, measures to reduce these infections are not uniformly implemented. OBJECTIVE:To update an existing evidenced-based guideline that promotes strategies to prevent CRBSIs. DATA SOURCES:The MEDLINE database, conference proceedings,...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： O'Grady NP,Alexander M,Dellinger EP,Gerberding JL,Heard SO,Maki DG,Masur H,McCormick RD,Mermel LA,Pearson ML,Raad II,Randolph A,Weinstein RA,Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To identify delayed prophylaxis from a pre-existing database and strategies to improve performance. SETTING:A skilled nursing facility with 14 floors (4 buildings). The "outbreak unit" was a 50- to 60-bed floor. METHODS:We performed surveillance during six seasons using one protocol. Prophylaxis was started...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Drinka PJ,Krause P,Nest L,Gravenstein S,Goodman B,Shult P

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the ability of hospital air handling systems to filter Aspergillus, other fungi, and particles following the implosion of an adjacent building; to measure the quantity and persistence of airborne fungi and particles at varying distances during a building implosion; and to determine whether manipula...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Srinivasan A,Beck C,Buckley T,Geyh A,Bova G,Merz W,Perl TM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clonal dissemination of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS). SETTING:Neonatal intensive care unit of a 180-bed, university-affiliated general hospital. PATIENTS:Neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit between March 1999 and October 2000, from whom CNS were ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bogado I,Limansky A,Sutich E,Marchiaro P,Marzi M,Putero J,Viale A

更新日期：2002-08-01 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 episode of acute hepatitis in a patient with hemophilia during immunoadsorption therapy initially was misinterpreted as a reactivated hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but ultimately was shown to be an exogenous reinfection during cohort treatment with another HCV-positive patient. This incident illustrates that p...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Kaiser R,Geulen O,Matz B,Brackmann HH,Spengler U,Kramer MH,Exner M,Nettekoven W,Ko YD,Zeitler H,Vetter H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The incidence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESbetaL)-mediated resistance has increased markedly during the past decade. Risk factors for colonization with ESbetaL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species (ESbetaL-EK) remain unclear, as do methods to control their further emergence. DESIGN:Cas...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bisson G,Fishman NO,Patel JB,Edelstein PH,Lautenbach E

更新日期：2002-05-01 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:To determine the motivating and behavioral factors responsible for improving compliance with hand washing among physicians. DESIGN:Five unobtrusive, observational studies recording hand washing after direct patient contact, with study results reported to physicians. SETTING:A 450-bed hospital in a health ma...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Salemi C,Canola MT,Eck EK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe an outbreak of hepatitis C in a clinical research study. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Tertiary-care hospital. PATIENTS:Healthcare workers who volunteered to be subjects in a study of the metabolic effects of inhaled and oral corticosteroids who were unwittingly exposed to hepatitis C vir...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Saginur R,Nixon J,Devries B,Bruce N,Carruthers C,Scully L,Berger R,Leech J,Nicolle L,Mackenzie A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether alcohol hand disinfection is an effective alternative to traditional agents for the pre-surgical scrub. DESIGN:A prospective clinical trial of a 70% isopropanol pre-surgical hand disinfectant. SETTING:The operating room suites at two hospital sites in British Columbia. METHODS:Cases we...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bryce EA,Spence D,Roberts FJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:A previously published study recommended the daily use of visible smoke to test for negative air pressure in isolation rooms occupied by potentially infectious tuberculosis cases. Continuous monitoring devices were found to have poor reliability. Findings from our survey of engineering controls in acute-care hospitals...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Pavelchak N,Cummings K,Stricof R,Marshall E,Oxtoby M,London M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate and control a nosocomial outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia lower respiratory tract infection. DESIGN:Outbreak investigation and case-control study. SETTING:A 260-bed community hospital. PATIENTS:Participants were mechanically ventilated intensive care patients without cystic fibrosis. A case ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ramsey AH,Skonieczny P,Coolidge DT,Kurzynski TA,Proctor ME,Davis JP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To trace the routes of transmission and sources of Staphylococcus aureus found in the surgical wound during cardiothoracic surgery and to investigate the possibility of reducing wound contamination, with regard to total counts of bacteria and S. aureus, by wearing special scrub suits. METHODS:A total of 65 ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Tammelin A,Hambraeus A,Ståhle E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results from prospective surveillance of nosocomial infections (NIs) in a small community hospital were evaluated, and a case-control study was conducted. The rate of 1.4 NIs per 100 discharges determined by prospective surveillance was found to be underestimated. Prematurity, pediatric service, surgery, length of sta...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： de Lourdes García-García M,Jiménez-Corona A,Jiménez-Corona ME,Solís-Bazaldúa M,Villamizar-Arciniegas CO,Valdespino-Gómez JL

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish a new, rapid, and reliable genotypic fingerprinting technique for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) typing in routine epidemiological surveillance. DESIGN:The method is based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction fragment-length polymorphism (RFLP) following HaeII diges...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Wichelhaus TA,Hunfeld KP,Böddinghaus B,Kraiczy P,Schäfer V,Brade V

更新日期：2001-05-01 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:To determine the safety and cost-effectiveness of replacing the intravenous (IV) tubing sets in hospitalized patients at 4- to 7-day intervals instead of every 72 hours. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized study of infusion-related contamination associated with changing IV tubing sets within 3 days versus within ...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Raad I,Hanna HA,Awad A,Alrahwan A,Bivins C,Khan A,Richardson D,Umphrey JL,Whimbey E,Mansour G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effectiveness of hand-cleansing agents in removing a hospital strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from artificially contaminated hands of five volunteers was studied. DESIGN:The products used were plain liquid soap, ethyl alcohol 70% (by weight), 10% povidone-iodine liquid soap (PVP-I),...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Guilhermetti M,Hernandes SE,Fukushigue Y,Garcia LB,Cardoso CL

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe an outbreak of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (IR-Ab) and the measures for its control, and to investigate risk factors for IR-Ab acquisition. DESIGN:An observational and a case-control study. SETTING:A surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in a university tertiary care hospital. METHO...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Fierobe L,Lucet JC,Decré D,Muller-Serieys C,Deleuze A,Joly-Guillou ML,Mantz J,Desmonts JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate an outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infections in a neonatal clinic. DESIGN:Prospective chart review, environmental sampling, and genotyping by two independent methods: pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase cha...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Weist K,Wendt C,Petersen LR,Versmold H,Rüden H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an outbreak of influenza A from a four-building veterans' facility in King, Wisconsin. Influenza was isolated in 154 of 721 residents over a 121-day period. Building A had 2 cases, no isolates for 40 days, followed by 27 cases. Building B had 25 cases, no isolates for 75 days, followed by 4 cases. Building C...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Drinka PJ,Gravenstein S,Krause P,Nest L,Dissing M,Shult P

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the comparative virulence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S aureus (MSSA) by consideration of predisposing factors and outcomes in patients infected with these organisms in the healthcare setting. DESIGN:Analysis of an historical cohort of 504 bact...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Selvey LA,Whitby M,Johnson B

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：:Twelve nosocomial outbreaks over 14 years at a tertiary-care center in Mexico are described. Overall mortality was 25.8%, one half due to pneumonia. The most common organism was Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Incidence was three outbreaks per 10,000 discharges; outbreak-related infections comprised 1.56% of all nosocomial in...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Ostrosky-Zeichner L,Baez-Martinez R,Rangel-Frausto MS,Ponce-de-León S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence that genes were transferred during evolution from plants to bacteria was obtained from nucleotide and protein sequence analyses. However, the extent of such transfers among phylogenetically distant organisms is limited by various factors, including those related to complexity of the environment and those endo...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bertolla F,Kay E,Simonet P

更新日期：2000-06-01 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：:This retrospective case-control study examined whether there was a difference in length of time awaiting long-term-care placement for patients identified as having methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus compared to controls. Thirty-nine patients with methicillin-resistant Stap...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Bryce EA,Tiffin SM,Isaac-Renton JL,Wright CJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a standardized surveillance system for monitoring hemodialysis vascular-access infections in order to compare infection rates between outpatient sites and to assess the effectiveness of infection control interventions. DESIGN:Prospective descriptive analysis of incidence infection rates. SETTING:...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Stevenson KB,Adcox MJ,Mallea MC,Narasimhan N,Wagnild JP

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several discrete strategies have been suggested to prevent or reduce microbial resistance to antimicrobials, including optimal use of the agents (also known as good stewardship); control, removal, or restriction of antimicrobials; use of antimicrobials in combination; and rotational or cyclic use of antimicrobials. Th...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Gerding DN

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:If you have calculated a confidence interval for an infection rate and found the interval extending into meaningless negative numbers, chances are the error is due to use of approximation formulae. Many of us unknowingly were taught to use the Wald approximation, which does not always approximate the exact binomial di...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Birnbaum D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the rapid transfer of patients from the acute-care setting, the intensity of nursing care among residents in long-term-care facilities (LTCFs) has increased, transforming today's LTCFs into subacute healthcare facilities. Given the increased risk of infection among residents in LTCFs and the associated morbidit...

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Goldrick BA

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1997 the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America established a consensus panel to develop recommendations for optimal infrastructure and essential activities of infection control and epidemiology programs in out-of-hospital settings....

journal_title：Infection control and hospital epidemiology

authors： Friedman C,Barnette M,Buck AS,Ham R,Harris JA,Hoffman P,Johnson D,Manian F,Nicolle L,Pearson ML,Perl TM,Solomon SL

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00