Cavalcante, Fernanda Sampaio Pinheiro, Marcos Vinicius Ferreira, Dennis de Carvalho Alvarenga, Celina Vieira da Cunha Guedes... Guimarães, Ana Carolina Fonseca Nouér, Simone Aranha Dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto
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American journal of infection control
The occurrence of MRSA colonization was very low, and only 1 patient from cardiac surgery developed an infection, which was caused by an SCCmec II/USA100/ST5 isolate. Screening for MRSA colonization on admission does not seem to be productive; however, for populations submitted to specific surgeries, active surveillance should be implemented.
Smith, Ethan A Gold, Howard S Mahoney, Monica V Hirsch, Elizabeth B Giancola, Stephanie E Snyder, Graham M Marks, Gregory Tran, Hai Hirai-Yang, Angela McCoy, Christopher
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American journal of infection control
Fang, Chenyan Zhu, Tao Zhang, Ping Xia, Liang Sun, Caixing
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American journal of infection control
According to the current analysis, all the factors mentioned were the risk factors for SSI after craniotomy. Patients with these risk factors should be paid more attention to prevent SSI. More evidence provided by high-quality studies is still needed to further investigate the risk factors of SSI.
Mitchell, Brett G Williams, Anthony Wong, Zorana
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American journal of infection control
Our study attempted to simulate a clinical environment and clinical activities and provide the best possible comparison by completing activities sequentially, with immediate feedback to researchers. Video recording added significant value to the process because it provided some objectivity. A form of reflexive ethnography with participants could be...
Rock, Clare Curless, Melanie S Carson, Kathryn A Nowakowski, Elaine Scheeler, Verna Maragakis, Lisa L
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American journal of infection control
A cluster randomized crossover trial is in progress at The Johns Hopkins Hospital to investigate the impact of daily ultraviolet (UV)-C light disinfection on the acquisition of health care-associated pathogens. To understand perceptions and challenges to daily use of UV-C, we surveyed health care workers (HCWs) and patients. Most HCWs think daily U...
Washam, Matthew Woltmann, Jon Ankrum, Andrea Connelly, Beverly
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American journal of infection control
Visitor restriction policies are meant to prevent health care-acquired viral infections; however, data on their efficacy in hospitalized children are limited. We report a 37% reduction in health care-acquired respiratory viral infections in a children's hospital following standardization of the visitation policy that limited the number of visitors ...
Lloyd-Smith, Patrick
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American journal of infection control
VRE was independently associated with increased hospital costs, and controlling for endogeneity lead to higher attributable cost estimates.
Slizewski, Darcy H Heberlein, Emily Meredith, Jennifer F Jobe, Laura Beth Eichelberger, Kacey Y
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American journal of infection control
There was no significant difference in total bacterial burden of surgical scrubs at the start of a shift between cohorts who dressed at home versus at the hospital.
Alserehi, Haleema Filippell, Mala Emerick, Michele Cabunoc, Marie Kristine Preas, Michael Anne Sparkes, Corey Johnson, J Kristie Leekha, Surbhi
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American journal of infection control
In this 2-phase real-world evaluation of chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) skin concentrations in intensive care unit patients, we found lower skin CHG concentrations when rinsing with water after CHG solution bath (compared with no rinse), but no significant difference in concentrations between the use of CHG solution without rinse and preimpregnated ...
Lin, Jialing Wu, Chuanan Ou, Qianting Lin, Dongxin Zhang, Ting Bai, Chan Zheng, Haoqu Ye, Jiaping Wang, Xiaojie Li, Ying
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American journal of infection control
The prevalence of S aureus and MRSA nasal colonization was moderate. The molecular characteristics of S aureus and MRSA isolates indicated possible cross-transmission among multiple resources. A higher frequency of daily handwashing and weekly bathing significantly decreased the prevalence of S aureus and MRSA CC5 nasal colonization in the pregnant...
