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Nosocomial transmission and outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019: the need to protect both patients and healthcare workers

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2021
Objectives To compile current published reports on nosocomial outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), evaluate the role of healthcare workers (HCWs) in transmission, and evaluate outbreak management practices.
Mohamed Abbas, Tomás Robalo Nunes, Romain Martischang, Walter Zingg, Anne Iten, Didier Pittet, Stephan Harbarth   +6 more
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Derivation and validation of a nomogram for predicting nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia among older hospitalized patients

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022
Background Currently, there is no effective tool for predicting the risk of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) in older hospitalized patients.
Zhihui Chen, Ziqin Xu, Hongmei Wu, Shengchun Gao, Haihong Wang, Jiaru Jiang, Xiuyang Li, Le Chen   +7 more
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Patient safety in medical education: Tunisian students’ attitudes

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2022
Health care delivery continues to be unsafe despite major patient safety (PS) improvement efforts over the past decade. Medical school education plays an important role in promoting this culture during initial training. To determine undergraduate medical
Olfa Ezzi, Mohamed Mahjoub, Nihel Omri, Asma Ammar, Dorra Loghmari, Souhir Chelly, Abir Mtira, Sana Rhimi, Mansour Njah   +8 more
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Characteristics and Mitigation Measures of Candida auris Infection: Descriptive Analysis from a Quaternary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia, 2021–2022

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Objective To analyze the characteristics of C. auris cases, and to describe the interventions applied for improving the diagnosis and controlling the transmission. Method Medical records of C.
Hala A. Amer, Sarah AlFaraj, Kholoud Alboqami, Faleh Alshakarh, Mona Alsalam, Deva Kumar, Juhaina Altayieb, Antisar Alsunid, Nazia Khanum, Nadeem Gul Dar, Muhammad Badawi, Hassan Abdallah, Ziad A. Memish   +12 more
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Are emojis ready to promote the WHO 5 moments for hand hygiene in healthcare?

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Background Hand hygiene is universally recognized as a cornerstone measure for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. Although the WHO “My five Moments for hand hygiene” poster has been used for more than a decade to delineate hand hygiene ...
Nasim Lotfinejad, Ermira Tartari, Julien Sauser, Carolina Fankhauser-Rodriguez, Daniela Pires, Didier Pittet   +5 more
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Comparative Analysis of Filtration Ability of Different Cloth Masks

Mediterranean Journal of Infection, Microbes and Antimicrobials, 2021
Introduction: The effectivity of cloth masks is one of the major concerns during pandemic. In this study, the filtration ability of different cloth masks was compared. Materials and Methods: We examined the filtration ability of different cloth masks in
Ayşe KALKANCI, Özlem GÜZEL TUNÇCAN, Serpil BAŞ, Bedia BOSTAN, Figen BAY, Ülker METİN, Pınar AYSERT YILDIZ, Selçuk ÖZGER, Murat DİZBAY, Mustafa Necmi İLHAN   +9 more
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Economic irreversibility in pandemic control processes: Rigorous modeling of delayed countermeasures and consequential cost increases [PDF]

J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 90, 114007 (2021) [8 Pages], 2020
After the first lockdown in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many countries faced difficulties in balancing infection control with economics. Due to limited prior knowledge, economists began researching this issue using cost-benefit analysis and found that infection control processes significantly affect economic efficiency.
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Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Israel, 2014–2017

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019
We analyzed Israeli national data on antimicrobial susceptibility from bloodstream isolates collected between 2014 and 2017 and compared resistance proportions with those of Europe.
Yaakov Dickstein, Elizabeth Temkin, Michal Ish Shalom, David Schwartz, Yehuda Carmeli, Mitchell J. Schwaber   +5 more
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Enhanced infection control interventions reduced catheter-related bloodstream infections in the neonatal department of Hung Vuong Hospital, Vietnam, 2011–2012: a pre- and post-intervention study

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CR-BSI) cause high neonatal mortality and are related to inadequate aseptic technique during the care and maintenance of a catheter.
Hang Thi Phan, Thuan Huu Vo, Hang Thi Thuy Tran, Hanh Thi Ngoc Huynh, Hong Thi Thu Nguyen, Truong Van Nguyen   +5 more
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High prevalence of the mcr-1 gene in retail chicken meat in the Netherlands in 2015

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2017
Recently, plasmid-mediated colistin resistance was reported in humans, animals and food. We studied the presence of mcr-1 and mcr-2 in Dutch retail chicken meat. The prevalence of mcr-1 was 24,8% (53/214), whereas mcr-2 was not found. The presence of mcr-
Eefje J. A. Schrauwen, Pepijn Huizinga, Nick van Spreuwel, Carlo Verhulst, Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans   +5 more
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