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Implementing change in infection control practice : an action research study in two intensive care units. [PDF]
, 1999 The increased emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics means that primary prevention of all hospital-acquired infections is essential, but ensuring that infection control practice is evidence-based requires reliable measurement of endemic ...
Sproat, L.J., Sproat, Louise Jane
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Epidemiology and infection - going electronic after 100 years [PDF]
, 2005 Epidemiology and Infection became 100 years old in 2001. Its powers and influence however do not appear to have diminished, and, as the Senior Editor appointed in its 101st year, I am greatly honoured to be so closely associated with it.
Noah, N
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 We assessed the prevalence of polymyxin B (PMB)- and tigecycline (TGC)-heteroresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and investigated the combined effect of PMB and TGC against dual-heteroresistant K. pneumoniae.
Yuan Tian +3 more
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Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2023 To understand the changes of resistance of major clinical isolates to commonly used antibiotics in a comprehensive teaching hospital from 2015 to 2017 and to provide a basis for rational clinical use of antibiotics in the hospital.
Yang Junlin +4 more
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Results from the second Scottish national prevalence survey: the changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection in Scotland [PDF]
, 2012 Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a recognized public health problem worldwide. Point prevalence surveys (PPSs) can be used to measure the burden of all HAI types.
Fleming, S. +14 more
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Biosafety and Health, 2023 The objective of this study was to investigate the outbreak of echovirus 11 (ECHO 11) infection in newborns at a hospital in Guangdong Province, China, and to study the effectiveness of prevention and control measures to infer the epidemiological ...
Chunxiao Fang +4 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Background The purpose of this study was to demonstrate both the four-year prevalence trend of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in a large tertiary hospital and the trend regarding the prevalence of HAIs following the outbreak of coronavirus ...
Rong Rong +8 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Diagnostic and prognostic ability of urinary NGAL in patients with cirrhosis and AKI. Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (uNGAL) could help discriminate between different etiologies of AKI.
Carmine Gambino +14 more
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Infection Prevention in Practice, 2021 SUMMARY: Background: Colonization has been reported to play an important role in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infection; however, the extent to which carriers develop clinical CRE infection and related risk factors in neonatal intensive ...
L. Yin +8 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Hand hygiene (HH) is the cornerstone of infection control, and the promotion of HH is the focus of the world. The study aims to compare the role of two different types of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems (EHHMSs) in promoting HH of ...
Xiao Zhong +6 more
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