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Challenges and Potential Solutions for Patient Safety in an Infectious-Agent-Isolation Environment: A Study of 484 COVID-19-Related Event Reports Across 94 Hospitals

Patient Safety, 2021
Previous research has shown that patients in infectious-agent isolation are at greater risk for certain types of safety-related events. We conducted a study to explore the relationship between the various types of events that occur in an isolation ...
Matthew A. Taylor, Catherine M. Reynolds, Rebecca Jones   +2 more
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Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries - April-June 2022.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Before April 2022, monkeypox virus infection in humans was seldom reported outside African regions where it is endemic. Currently, cases are occurring worldwide.
J. Thornhill, S. Barkati, S. Walmsley, J. Rockstroh, A. Antinori, Luke B Harrison, R. Palich, A. Nori, I. Reeves, M. Habibi, V. Apea, C. Boesecke, L. Vandekerckhove, M. Yakubovsky, E. Sendagorta, J. Blanco, E. Florence, Davide Moschese, F. Maltez, A. Goorhuis, Valérie Pourcher, Pascal Migaud, S. Noe, C. Pintado, F. Maggi, A-B E Hansen, C. Hoffmann, Jezer I Lezama, C. Mussini, A. Cattelan, Keletso Makofane, D. Tan, Silvia Nozza, J. Nemeth, Marina B Klein, C. Orkin   +35 more
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Immunological memory to SARS-CoV-2 assessed for up to 8 months after infection

Science, 2021
Variable memory Immune memory against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) helps to determine protection against reinfection, disease risk, and vaccine efficacy.
J. Dan, J. Mateus, Y. Kato, K. Hastie, E. Yu, Caterina E. Faliti, A. Grifoni, S. Ramirez, Sonya Haupt, A. Frazier, Catherine Nakao, V. Rayaprolu, Stephen A. Rawlings, Bjoern Peters, F. Krammer, V. Simon, E. Saphire, Davey M. Smith, D. Weiskopf, A. Sette, S. Crotty   +20 more
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Pregnancy and Infection [PDF]

Obstetric Anesthesia Digest, 2014
Pregnant women have an increased severity of infections with some organisms, including influenza virus, hepatitis E virus, herpes simplex virus, and malaria parasites. This review includes an update on immunologic alterations during pregnancy.
Alimuddin Zumla, Markus Maeurer, Matthew Bates   +2 more
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Abstracts from the 2nd Annual MI4 Scientific Symposium on December 4, 2020

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2021
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McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4)
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Safety Trade-Offs in Home Care During COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Study Capturing the Perspective of Frontline Workers

Patient Safety, 2021
Background: Home care workers help older individuals and those with disabilities with a variety of functional tasks. Despite their core role providing essential care to vulnerable populations, home care workers are often an invisible sector of the ...
Godwin K Osei-Poku, Ola Szczerepa, Alicia A Potter, M.E. Malone, Barbara A. Fain, Julia C. Prentice   +5 more
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Infection prevention requirements for the medical care of immunosuppressed patients: recommendations of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2022
In Germany, guidelines for hygiene in hospitals are given in form of recommendations by the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention, “KRINKO”). The KRINKO and its voluntary work
Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO)
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When infection isn’t infection [PDF]

The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2020
Following open reduction and internal fixation for a proximal humerus fracture a 71-year-old man re-presented with wound changes consistent with infection and elevated inflammatory markers. No significant improvement was seen with concomitant intravenous antibiotics and multiple debridement procedures.
S Franklin, Hettiaratchy S, S Sabharwal, Peter T. A. Reilly   +3 more
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Incidence and Impact of Reported Infectious Endophthalmitis Events Following Cataract Surgery in Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Patient Safety, 2019
Infectious endophthalmitis is a severe eye infection that can occur following cataract surgery. In this study, we sought to explore post-cataract infectious endophthalmitis events reported by ambulatory sur-gery centers (ASCs) in Pennsylvania. We queried
Lynette Hathaway, Shawn Kepner, Rebecca Jones   +2 more
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Neurologic Features in Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Neurologic Features in SARS-CoV-2 Infection In a consecutive series of 64 patients with Covid-19 and ARDS, 58 of whom underwent neurologic examination, severe agitation and corticospinal signs were...
Julie Helms, S. Kremer, H. Merdji, R. Clere-Jehl, M. Schenck, C. Kummerlen, O. Collange, C. Boulay, S. Fafi-Kremer, M. Ohana, M. Anheim, F. Meziani   +11 more
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