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Anaesthesia and COVID-19: infection control

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2020
Summary The world is currently facing an unprecedented healthcare crisis caused by a pandemic novel beta coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
P. Odor, Maximilian Neun, S. Bampoe, S. Clark, Daniel Heaton, E. M. Hoogenboom, Anil Patel, Michael Brown, D. Kamming   +8 more
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Salmonella Infection in Poultry: A Review on the Pathogen and Control Strategies

Microorganisms, 2023
Salmonella is the leading cause of food-borne zoonotic disease worldwide. Non-typhoidal Salmonella serotypes are the primary etiological agents associated with salmonellosis in poultry. Contaminated poultry eggs and meat products are the major sources of
Syamily Shaji, R. Selvaraj, R. Shanmugasundaram   +2 more
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Implementation of the Infection Risk Scan (IRIS) in nine hospitals in the Belgian-Dutch border region (i-4-1-Health project)

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022
Background A tool, the Infection Risk Scan has been developed to measure the quality of infection control and antimicrobial use. This tool measures various patient-, ward- and care-related variables in a standardized way.
Martine Verelst, Ina Willemsen, Veronica Weterings, Pascal De Waegemaeker, Isabelle Leroux-Roels, Ellen Nieuwkoop, Veroniek Saegeman, Lieke van Alphen, Stefanie van Kleef-van Koeveringe, Marjolein Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Jan Kluytmans, Annette Schuermans, the i-4-1-Health study group   +12 more
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Preparedness and proactive infection control measures against the emerging novel coronavirus in China

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020
In response to the official announcement of a cluster of pneumonia of unknown aetiology with an epidemiological link to a wet market in Wuhan, China on 31 December 2019 [1], we present our proactive infection control measures for immediate prevention ...
Vincent C. C. Cheng, S. Wong, K. K. To, Pak-Leung Ho, Kwok-Yung Yuen   +4 more
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Pathogenesis, epidemiology and control of Group A Streptococcus infection

Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023
In this Review, Brouwer et al. summarize recent developments in our understanding of Group A Streptococcus (GAS), focusing on the epidemiologic and clinical features of GAS infection and the molecular mechanisms associated with GAS virulence and drug ...
Stephan Brouwer, Tania Rivera-Hernández, Bodie F. Curren, Nichaela Harbison-Price, David M. P. De Oliveira, Magnus G. Jespersen, M. Davies, M. Walker   +7 more
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Effects of Infection Control Education for Nursing Students Using Standardized Patients vs. Peer Role-Play

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
This study was conducted to identify and compare the effects of two education programs for infection control―a simulation using standardized patients and a peer role-play―on standard precaution knowledge, standard precaution awareness, infection-related ...
Eunyoung Kim, S. S. Kim, Sunghee Kim
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Characteristics and outcomes in adult patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia compared to patients with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective study in a 16-year period at the university hospital, Japan

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background Staphyococcus lugudnensis (S. lugdunensis) is one of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species with a potential to cause invasive infections. Few studies have evaluated the characteristics and outcomes of patients with S.
Satomi Yukawa, Taro Noguchi, Koh Shinohara, Yasuhiro Tsuchido, Masaki Yamamoto, Yasufumi Matsumura, Miki Nagao   +6 more
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Integrated infection control strategy to minimize nosocomial infection of coronavirus disease 2019 among ENT healthcare workers

Journal of Hospital Infection, 2020
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Donghao Lu, Hong-Ren Wang, Rong Yu, Hua Yang, Ying-Lan Zhao   +4 more
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Experiences with regular testing of students for SARS-CoV-2 in primary and secondary schools: results from a cross-sectional study in two Norwegian counties, autumn 2021

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background To allow for normal school attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic, regular testing of students was introduced in the autumn 2021 in Norway to manage COVID-19 transmission.
Léa Franconeri, Sara Stebbings, Petter Heradstveit, Mia Johansen, Ragnhild Løken, Emily MacDonald, Liz Ødeskaug, Umaer Naseer   +7 more
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Nanotechnology-based antimicrobials and delivery systems for biofilm-infection control.

Chemical Society Reviews, 2019
Bacterial-infections are mostly due to bacteria in an adhering, biofilm-mode of growth and not due to planktonically growing, suspended-bacteria. Biofilm-bacteria are much more recalcitrant to conventional antimicrobials than planktonic-bacteria due to ...
Yong Liu, Lin-Qi Shi, Linzhu Su, H. van der Mei, P. Jutte, Yi-Jin Ren, H. Busscher   +6 more
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