Sopena, Nieves Isernia, Valentina Casas, Irma Díez, Beatriz Guasch, Ignasi Sabrià, Miquel Pedro-Botet, María Luisa
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American journal of infection control
Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce the incidence of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) and determine compliance with preventive measures. This was a quasi-experimental before-after study involving patients in the 53-bed Internal Medicine ward in a university hospital in Spain. The prev...
Marshall, Gerard Sanguinet, Jennifer Batra, Shreya Foreman, Mary Jo Peruchini, Justin Lopez, Sarah De Guzman, Rian Rivera, Nancy Hightower, Todd Malone, Cheryl
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American journal of infection control
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe and life-threatening condition that can occur in critically ill patients. Mechanical ventilation is a commonly used intervention with ARDS patients, but weaning patients off the ventilator can be challenging. An ARDSnet-like ventilator weaning protocol was implemented with the goal of reducing ...
Bussell, Charles Vincent, Jennifer Brust, Karen
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American journal of infection control
Testing inappropriate stool samples for Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile can lead to the identification of the patient colonized with C difficile and erroneous diagnosis of an active infection. We hypothesized that a multidisciplinary process to improve diagnostic stewardship could reduce our numbers of hospital-onset C difficile infection (H...
Wu, Yanyan Liu, Yaqiong Wang, Bei Feng, Bilong
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American journal of infection control
Several studies have investigated the safety and efficacy of antimicrobial peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs), and the results are conflicting. Therefore, in this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to summarize and identify the effect of antimicrobial PICCs on central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) risk. A sy...
Keating, Julie A Parmasad, Vishala McKinley, Linda Safdar, Nasia
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American journal of infection control
Effective infection prevention and control within health care settings requires collaboration and coordination between infection control and environmental management teams. However, the work systems of these teams can be difficult to integrate despite their shared goals. We provide results from a qualitative study of Clostridioides difficile infect...
Sood, Geeta Dougherty, Geoff Martin, John Beranek, Edward Landrum, B Mark Qasba, Sonia Patel, Mayank Wilson, Christina Miller, Amanda Sulkowski, Mark
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American journal of infection control
We assessed the association between neighborhood area deprivation index (ADI) and community-onset (co) and hospital-onset (ho) Staphylococcus aureus infection. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to 5 adult hospitals in the mid-Atlantic between 2016 and 2018 were obtained. The association of ADI with methicillin-resistant ...
Selcen Kilinc-Balci, F Kahveci, Zafer Yorio, Patrick L
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American journal of infection control
Health care workers and laboratory workers who are routinely exposed to potentially life-threatening infectious diseases should wear protective clothing when anticipating contact with infectious materials. The most critical property of protective clothing is its ability to prevent liquids and viruses from passing through the garment. There are a nu...
Figi, Claire E Herstein, Jocelyn J Beam, Elizabeth L Le, Aurora B Hewlett, Angela L Lawler, James V Lowe, John J Gibbs, Shawn G
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American journal of infection control
Heat strain and dehydration can affect an individual's physical and mental performance. The purpose of this review was to examine the literature for the impact of heat strain on health care workers (HCWs) who care for patients with high-consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), discuss the risks of i...
Rubano, Mario Kieffer, Elana Larson, Elaine Colline, Nicole Portillo, Carmen
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American journal of infection control
Long-term care (LTC) facilities experienced significant morbidity and mortality rates among both residents and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, for which they were ill-prepared to practice adequate infection prevention and control (IPC). Our team developed a process for creating a compendium of curated IPC resources. This process harnessed the e...
Jung, Yoonhee Abney, Sarah E Reynolds, Kelly A Gerba, Charles P Wilson, Amanda M
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American journal of infection control
Contaminated laundry contributes to infectious disease spread in residential and home health care settings. The objectives were to (1) evaluate pathogen transmission risks for individuals doing laundry, and (2) compare hand hygiene timing to reduce risks. A quantitative microbial risk assessment using experimental data from a laundry washing effect...
