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THE CONTROL OF SEX INFECTIONS [PDF]

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1921
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J. Bayard Clark
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Assessment of risk factors and preventive measure compliance against COVID-19 among healthcare workers at tertiary care hospital: a retrospective study

GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2023
Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has created a significant challenge to healthcare systems, since the disease has spread rapidly, outweighing hospital capacity and exposing Health Care Workers (HCWs) to the risk of infection.
Khatoon, Arifa, Aslam, Reema, Bilal, Shabnam, Naz, Sadia, Zaffar, Farhan, Khan, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ramzan, Rao Muhammad, Noreen, Saima, Phoolzaib, Kiran, Batool, Zahra, Saleem, Kahsma, Rasheed, Saba   +11 more
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The correlation between ATP measurement and microbial contamination of inanimate surfaces

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background The objective of this study was to determine the correlation between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) measurements and microbial contamination using a standardized method.
Andreas van Arkel, Ina Willemsen, Jan Kluytmans   +2 more
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Agent-based model using GPS analysis for infection spread and inhibition mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 in Tokyo [PDF]

Sci Rep 12, 20896 (2022), 2022
Analyzing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic outbreak based on actual data while reflecting the characteristics of the real city provides beneficial information for taking reasonable infection control measures in the future. We demonstrate agent-based modeling for Tokyo based on GPS information and official national statistics and perform a spatiotemporal ...
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Committee report: Questionnaire survey on the treatment of COVID-19 in patients receiving dialysis therapy

Renal Replacement Therapy, 2022
Background Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who receive dialysis therapy develop more severe disease and have a poorer prognosis than patients who do not.
Ayumi Yoshifuji, Munekazu Ryuzaki, Yuki Uehara, Norio Ohmagari, Toru Kawai, Yoshihiko Kanno, Kan Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kon, Ken Sakai, Toshio Shinoda, Yaoko Takano, Junko Tanaka, Kazuhiko Hora, Yasushi Nakazawa, Naoki Hasegawa, Norio Hanafusa, Fumihiko Hinoshita, Keita Morikane, Shu Wakino, Hidetomo Nakamoto, Yoshiaki Takemoto   +20 more
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Casirivimab-imdevimab neutralizing SARS-CoV-2: post-infusion clinical events and their risk factors

Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences, 2022
Background Casirivimab-imdevimab has been developed to neutralize SARS-CoV-2. The global clinical trials in outpatients documented several adverse effects (AE), which mandate caution in Japan where part of patients return home.
Junichi Yoshida, Kenichiro Shiraishi, Tetsuro Tamura, Kazuhiro Otani, Tetsuya Kikuchi, Akiko Mataga, Takako Ueno, Masao Tanaka   +7 more
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ATP measurement as an objective method to measure environmental contamination in 9 hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background The objective of this study was to determine the level of environmental contamination in hospitals in the Dutch/Belgian border area, using ATP measurements. Design A cross-sectional observational survey.
Andreas van Arkel, Ina Willemsen, Linda Kilsdonk-Bode, Sindy Vlamings-Wagenaars, Anne van Oudheusden, Pascal De Waegemaeker, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Martine Verelst, Evelien Maas, Anita van Oosten, Patricia Willemse, Esther van Asselen, Ella Klomp-Berens, Karen Franssen, Elise Van Cauwenberg, Jan Kluytmans, on behalf of the i-4-1-Health Study Group   +16 more
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High Level Bioaerosol Protection against Infective Aerosols: How Medical Face Masks Compare against Respirators

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2022
Face masks and respirators are commonly used to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases that spread by respiratory droplets and aerosols. However, there is still uncertainty about the protective effect of the different types of masks against ...
Christian M. Sterr, Aline Dick, Lena Schellenberger, Julian Zirbes, Claudia Nonnenmacher-Winter, Frank Günther   +5 more
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Management of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a Dutch general hospital, 2014–2017: successful control using a restrictive screening strategy

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Background The emergence of vancomycin resistant enterococci poses a major problem in healthcare settings. Here we describe a hospital-wide outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a general hospital in The Netherlands in the period ...
Veronica Weterings, Anita van Oosten, Ellen Nieuwkoop, Jolande Nelson, Andreas Voss, Bas Wintermans, Joris van Lieshout, Jan Kluytmans, Jacobien Veenemans   +8 more
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Rhodotorula mucilaginosa Fungemia, a Rare Opportunistic Infection without Central Venous Catheter Implantation, Successfully Treated by Liposomal Amphotericin B

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2022
Background. Fungemia due to Rhodotorula mucilaginosa is rare and highly resistance to antifungal therapy. Since most cases of R. mucilaginosa fungemia are attributed to medical devices, limited information is currently available on infection without ...
Ryuichi Hirano, Tatsuro Mitsuhashi, Katsuyoshi Osanai   +2 more
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