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Implementing intranasal povidone-iodine in the orthopedic trauma surgery setting to prevent surgical site infections: a qualitative study of healthcare provider perspectives
Implementing intranasal povidone-iodine in the orthopedic trauma surgery setting to prevent surgical site infections: a qualitative study of healthcare provider perspectives
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are associated with morbidity, mortality, and increased costs. Staphylococcus aureus is th...
Risk factors for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in clinical samples upon hospital admission
Risk factors for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in clinical samples upon hospital admission
Antipseudomonal antibiotics are frequently used in patients admitted to hospitals. Many of these substances are classified...
State of infection prevention and control in Austrian hospitals: data from 81 hospitals completing the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF)
State of infection prevention and control in Austrian hospitals: data from 81 hospitals completing the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF)
The WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF) can be used for systematically evaluating infection ...
Establishing carbapenem resistant organism surveillance, prevention, and control in a middle-income country: implementation of a hospital-based program in Fiji
Establishing carbapenem resistant organism surveillance, prevention, and control in a middle-income country: implementation of a hospital-based program in Fiji
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat with the highest burden being estimated to be in low- and m...
An outbreak of blaKPC−4- and blaVIM−1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella variicola at a single hospital in South Korea
An outbreak of blaKPC−4- and blaVIM−1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella variicola at a single hospital in South Korea
The dissemination of Klebsiella spp. producing multiple carbapenemases has been increasingly recognized. Between July 2019...
Drug-resistance characteristics, genetic diversity, and transmission dynamics of multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 2019 to 2021 in Sichuan, China
Drug-resistance characteristics, genetic diversity, and transmission dynamics of multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis from 2019 to 2021 in Sichuan, China
Multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB; MDR/RR-TB) is a significant public health threat. However, the mechan...
Predictors of early and interim culture un-conversion in multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective multi-center cohort study in China
Predictors of early and interim culture un-conversion in multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective multi-center cohort study in China
We aimed to evaluate the predictors for early and interim culture conversion within 2 months and 6 months of treatment in ...
Clean Hospitals Day 2024: the technical domains of healthcare environmental hygiene
Clean Hospitals Day 2024: the technical domains of healthcare environmental hygiene
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4....
Outbreak with OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 ICU cohort: unraveling routes of transmission
Outbreak with OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a COVID-19 ICU cohort: unraveling routes of transmission
An outbreak of OXA-23-producing carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii amongst ICU-patients with COVID-19 likely occ...
Development and validation of machine learning models to predict MDRO colonization or infection on ICU admission by using electronic health record data
Development and validation of machine learning models to predict MDRO colonization or infection on ICU admission by using electronic health record data
Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) pose a significant threat to public health. Intensive Care Units (ICU), characterized...
Secondary attack rate following on-site isolation of patients with suspected COVID-19 in multiple-bed rooms
Secondary attack rate following on-site isolation of patients with suspected COVID-19 in multiple-bed rooms
The implementation of isolation precautions for patients with suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and pending te...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in urinary tract and blood stream infections: results from a nationwide surveillance network, Finland, 2018 to 2022
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in urinary tract and blood stream infections: results from a nationwide surveillance network, Finland, 2018 to 2022
Before the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a constant increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) of Escherichia coli, the...
Staphylococcus aureus screening and preoperative decolonisation with Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine to reduce the risk of surgical site infections in orthopaedic surgery: a pre-post study
Staphylococcus aureus screening and preoperative decolonisation with Mupirocin and Chlorhexidine to reduce the risk of surgical site infections in orthopaedic surgery: a pre-post study
Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is a risk factor for surgical site infections (SSI) in orthopaedic surgery. The ef...
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic use in Canadian primary care: a matched-cohort study using EMR data
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic use in Canadian primary care: a matched-cohort study using EMR data
Inappropriate or overuse of antibiotic prescribing in primary care highlights an opportunity for antimicrobial stewardship...
Description of a nationwide structure for monitoring nosocomial outbreaks of (highly resistant) microorganisms in the Netherlands: characteristics of outbreaks in 2012–2021
Description of a nationwide structure for monitoring nosocomial outbreaks of (highly resistant) microorganisms in the Netherlands: characteristics of outbreaks in 2012–2021
Before 2012, established national surveillance systems in the Netherlands were not able to provide a timely, comprehensive...
Epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in clinical setting in South-Eastern Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Epidemiology of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in clinical setting in South-Eastern Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The rising prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extended-spectrum beta lactamase-resistant (ESBL) Klebsiella pneumo...
The economic burden of cardiac implantable electronic device infections in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study using validated administrative data
The economic burden of cardiac implantable electronic device infections in Alberta, Canada: a population-based study using validated administrative data
Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) are being inserted with increasing frequency. Severe surgical site infection...
Gamified antimicrobial decision support app (GADSA) changes antibiotics prescription behaviour in surgeons in Nigeria: a hospital-based pilot study
Gamified antimicrobial decision support app (GADSA) changes antibiotics prescription behaviour in surgeons in Nigeria: a hospital-based pilot study
Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis (SAP) in Nigeria is often not evidence based. The aim of this study is to test if the GADS...
Patterns and outcomes of health-care associated infections in the medical wards at Bugando medical centre: a longitudinal cohort study
Patterns and outcomes of health-care associated infections in the medical wards at Bugando medical centre: a longitudinal cohort study
The burden of healthcare associated infections (HCAIs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains underestimated ...
Antibiotic prophylaxis after 48 h postoperatively are not associated with decreased surgical site infections and other healthcare associated infections in pancreatic surgery patients: a retrospective cohort study
Antibiotic prophylaxis after 48 h postoperatively are not associated with decreased surgical site infections and other healthcare associated infections in pancreatic surgery patients: a retrospective cohort study
It is controversial whether antibiotic should be used prophylactically 48 h after pancreatic surgery. Hence, the ...
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers in Dutch hospitals after the 2020 first wave: a multicentre cross-sectional study with prospective follow-up
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers in Dutch hospitals after the 2020 first wave: a multicentre cross-sectional study with prospective follow-up
We aimed to estimate the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence and describe its dete...
Acinetobacter baumannii: assessing susceptibility patterns, management practices, and mortality predictors in a tertiary teaching hospital in Lebanon
Acinetobacter baumannii: assessing susceptibility patterns, management practices, and mortality predictors in a tertiary teaching hospital in Lebanon
Acinetobacter baumannii is a major nosocomial pathogen capable of causing life-threatening infections. This bacterium is h...
Effectiveness of tailored screening for multidrug-resistant organisms upon admission to an intensive care unit in the United Arab Emirates
Effectiveness of tailored screening for multidrug-resistant organisms upon admission to an intensive care unit in the United Arab Emirates
Multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) screening may identify high-risk patients for MDRO infection and curb the spread of th...
Association between quality of governance, antibiotic consumption, and antimicrobial resistance: an analysis of Italian regions
Association between quality of governance, antibiotic consumption, and antimicrobial resistance: an analysis of Italian regions
Emerging research has provided evidence suggesting the potential influence of governance on the development and spread of ...
Evaluation of a novel surface-coating formulation with time-extended antimicrobial activity for healthcare environment disinfection
Evaluation of a novel surface-coating formulation with time-extended antimicrobial activity for healthcare environment disinfection
The importance of environmental contamination in the transmission of pathogens among hospitalized patients is universally ...
Estimating antibiotics consumption in a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad using a WHO’s defined daily dose methodology
Estimating antibiotics consumption in a tertiary care hospital in Islamabad using a WHO’s defined daily dose methodology
Antibiotics have helped to reduce the incidence of common infectious diseases in all modern healthcare systems, but improp...
Protocols, policies and practices for antimicrobial stewardship in hospitalized patients in least-developed and low-income countries: a systematic review
Protocols, policies and practices for antimicrobial stewardship in hospitalized patients in least-developed and low-income countries: a systematic review
We aimed to identify interventions used to implement antimicrobial stewardship practices among hospitalized patients in le...
Association between the introduction of a national targeted intervention program and the incidence of surgical site infections in Swiss acute care hospitals
Association between the introduction of a national targeted intervention program and the incidence of surgical site infections in Swiss acute care hospitals
In Switzerland, the national surgical site infection (SSI) surveillance program showed a modest decrease in SSI rates for ...
Clinical significance and burden of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) colonization acquisition in hospitalized patients
Clinical significance and burden of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) colonization acquisition in hospitalized patients
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) infections have a significant morbidity and mortality toll. The clinical signi...
Microbiological trends and mortality risk factors of central line-associated bloodstream infections in an academic medical center 2015–2020
Microbiological trends and mortality risk factors of central line-associated bloodstream infections in an academic medical center 2015–2020
Despite tremendous efforts to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections, they still remain life-threatening c...
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