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Infection Control (5):
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Infection Control
Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professional Group on (53 Suppl 1) 2011
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We review the existing data on ASPs and their effects on patient care and antimicrobial resistance, as well as strategies for establishing ASPs in different types of hospitals....
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PMID: 21795725
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We selected patients surgically treated for appendicitis as a model to explore the relevance of ESBL producing isolates in this retrospective observational study....
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PMID: 21751605
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New England Journal of Medicine (364)15 2011
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We evaluated the effect of surveillance for MRSA and VRE colonization and of the expanded use of barrier precautions (intervention) as compared with existing practice (control) on the incidence of MRSA or VRE colonization or infection in adult ICUs. Surveillance cultures were obtained from patients...
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PMID: 21488763
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New England Journal of Medicine (364)15 2011
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We assessed the effect of the MRSA bundle on health care-associated MRSA infections.
From October 2007, when the bundle was fully implemented, through June 2010, there were 1,934,598 admissions to or transfers or discharges from intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs (ICUs, 365,139...
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PMID: 21488764
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New England Journal of Medicine (364)15 2011
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We carried out a case-control study on backyard chicken farms in Thailand, analyzing 104 case farms and 382 control farms. Data on farming practices and environmental characteristics were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression models. We show that farms where owners bought live chickens fro...
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PMID: 21459074
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We chiefly study pathology of the lung, especially about type II pneumocytes. Type II pneumocytes had abundant surface coat on the apical surface containing a specific carbohydrate structure of Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) antigen. TF antigen is a marker of type II pneumocytes beyond animal species, an...
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PMID: 21560407
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Medicina Intensiva (35)3 2011
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Epidemiology and Infection (139)2 2011
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We analysed the characteristics of four norovirus outbreaks which occurred during a 3-year period in an in-patient psychiatric care unit. A total of 184 patients were affected which included 172 hospitalized patients, seven healthcare workers (HCWs) and five psychiatric nursing-home residents. The m...
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PMID: 20334730
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Ugeskrift for laeger (173)2 2011
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OVERVIEW: Depending on her working environment, specific immunities, and stage of pregnancy, a pregnant nurse may find it difficult to avoid teratogenic and fetotoxic exposures, as well as working conditions that could jeopardize her pregnancy. A clinical review of the occupational hazards faced by...
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PMID: 21191230
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In many developing countries, the majority of births are attended by traditional birth attendants, who lack formal training in neonatal resuscitation and other essential care required by the newly born infant. In these countries, the major causes of neonatal mortality are birth asphyxia, infection, a...
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PMID: 21816050
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Lakartidningen (108)9 2011
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Revue de l'infirmiere ()167 2011
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In the early twentieth century, patients with infectious fevers represented a danger to the health of others including their nurses. This research describes the training New Zealand nurses received in fever nursing during the period 1903-1923, and considers how they applied hospital...
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PMID: 21329145
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Euro surveillance : bulletin europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (15)48 2010
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An outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae type 2 was detected in September 2009 in two hospitals in a suburb south of Paris, France. In total, 13 KPC-producing K. pneumoniae type 2 cases (four with infections and nine with digestive-tract colonisations)...
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PMID: 21144448
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American Journal of Nursing (110)12 2010
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Revue de l'infirmiere ()166 2010
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Biocontrol Science (15)4 2010
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We isolated and evaluated staphylococci from nurses' palms, towels under the heads of neonates, infant incubators (including portholes and infant covers), and room air. Detection rates of MRSA/MRCNS isolated from different sample locations were 52.6% in the old NICU and 53.4% in the new NICU, which...
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PMID: 21212505
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On October 19, 2010, the Haitian Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) was notified of unusually high numbers of patients from Artibonite and Centre departments who had acute watery diarrhea and dehydration, in some cases leading to death. Within 4 days, the National Public Health Laborato...
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PMID: 21085088
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Persons who inject drugs should use a new, sterile needle and syringe for each injection. Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) provide free sterile syringes and collect used syringes from injection-drug users (IDUs) to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including human immunodeficiency virus (...
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PMID: 21085091
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Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and sepsis . The case-fatality rate for meningococcal disease is 10%--14%; survivors can experience brain damage, hearing loss, limb loss, and learning disabilities . On December 11, 2009, the California Department of Public Health (C...
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PMID: 21085089
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Euro surveillance : bulletin europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (15)46 2010
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We report the successful control of an outbreak caused by imipenem-resistant VIM-1-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (IR-Kp) in France. This outbreak occurred in a care centre for abdominal surgery that includes a 15-bed liver intensive care unit and performs more than 130 liver transplantations per y...
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PMID: 21144428
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Euro surveillance : bulletin europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin (15)46 2010
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We report the possible first patient-to-patient transmission of Klebsiella pneumoniae with decreased susceptibility to imipenem and producing OXA-48, CTX-M15, TEM-1 and OXA-1 in a French hospital.
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PMID: 21144432
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Medical Care (48)11 2010
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Costs for HAI were considerable from hospital and societal perspectives. This suggests that HAI prevention expenditures would be balanced by savings in medical costs, lives saved and available hospital days that could be used by overcrowded hospitals to enhance available services. Our results obtain...
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PMID: 20940650
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Nippon Geka Gakkai zasshi (111)6 2010
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The nutritional condition of patients affects the results of surgical treatment. In patients in poor nutritional condition, postoperative complications, length of hospital stay, and mortality rate were reported to increase. Perioperative nutritional management is an important factor in preventing th...
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PMID: 21174709
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We believe that it is important to consider tuberculosis when deciding about admission, in order not to delay diagnosis. Furthermore, ventilation of general rooms must be sufficient when dealing with the unexpected admission of patients with tuberculosis, and ability of health-care workers to use N9...
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PMID: 21141057
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We conducted a retrospective cohort study to determine exposures associated with illness. Eligible patients had an invasive procedure in the 4 days before or after the procedure date of the initial case-patients. Infection control assessments were made, and environmental specimens collected.
Four la...
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PMID: 20975462
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AAOHN Journal (58)11 2010
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Influenza is a serious infectious disease, causing 226,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths in the United States each year. Since 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that all health care workers receive influenza vaccination annually. Current CDC reports indi...
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PMID: 21053796
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Hospitals & Health Networks (84)11 2010
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Hospitals & Health Networks (84)11 2010
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Health care workers reported a significant improvement in hand hygiene knowledge and self-assessed compliance with hand hygiene behaviors. Most (97%) of the participating health care workers reported that the program was effective in improving clinical compliance behaviors. CONCLUSION: The results o...
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PMID: 20540459
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Annals of Internal Medicine (153)7 2010
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This issue provides a clinical overview of Clostridium difficile infection focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits. Only ACP members and individual subscribers can access the electroni...
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PMID: 20921540
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Epidemiology and Infection (138)10 2010
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Epidemiology and Infection (138)10 2010
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A cross-sectional study into risk factors for Salmonella was undertaken using data gathered from 252 fattening turkey flocks in the UK. The data was derived from the EU baseline survey conducted during 2006 and 2007, in addition to a voluntary questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression models i...
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PMID: 20163746
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[Measures taken by a university hospital for the prevention and control of the 2009 H1N1 influenza].
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After extensive discussion with the Fukuoka City government of measures for the prevention and control of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, Kyushu University Hospital organized the infection control teams of 39 hospitals in the Fukuoka City area in preparation for a possible outbreak. A facility was...
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PMID: 20845752
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Nurses have the most frequent contact with patients, and it makes their risk of infection very high. At the same time, they have a lot of opportunities to control patient's behavior to prevent infection. So it takes important part of precaution that all nurses sufficiently acknowledge their roles an...
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PMID: 20845754
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We also aimed to assess the practices of universal precautions amongst these workers and its correlation with the facts. We carried out a cross-sectional study from January to July 2008 involving various levels of health-care workers in Serdang Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia. A self-administered quest...
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PMID: 21073041
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Journal of Infection (61)3 2010
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A nationwide survey was conducted in October-November 2009 to investigate determinants of intention to get vaccinated against novel (pandemic) influenza A H1N1 among health-care workers (HCWs) in Greece. Out of 12,879 participating HCWs (response rate: 12.1%) working in 152 (40%) of 380 health-care...
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PMID: 20600304
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Shingles is a common problem and will affect a fifth of the population at some time in their lives (Opstelten, 2005). It may occur at any age but the incidence and severity of the condition increases with age (Johnson et al, 2008). It is therefore likely that community nurses, in their day-to-day wo...
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PMID: 20852521
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Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia (21)5 2010
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We report on the follow-up of the epidemiology of hepatitis C viremia in our dialysis unit after our previous report, over the period from July 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005. The methods to reduce the prevalence of hepatitis C viremia in our center included: strict adherence to universal infection co...
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PMID: 20814130
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We analyzed the occurrence of healthcare-associated infections (HAl) at intensive care unit of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine of Martin Faculty Hospital in 2008. We performed a retrospective-prospective observation according the protocol of European HELICS (Hospital in Europ...
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PMID: 21033614
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Local antibiotic delivery is a viable and attractive option for preventing infection. Unfortunately, the current options are limited and often necessitate surgical removal. This study evaluates the ability of a biodegradable and biocompatible chitosan sponge to minimize infection by delivering local...
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PMID: 20736801
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Thermal injury is a sad but common and obligatory component of armed conflicts. Although the frequency of noncombat burns has decreased, overall incidence of burns in current military operations has nearly doubled during the past few years. Burn injuries in the military environment do not need to be...
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PMID: 20818237
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We measured the effects of filtration and deflection achieved with surgical masks and N95 respirators.
We constructed a chamber designed to produce radiolabeled wet aerosols simulating contaminated particles exhaled during tidal breathing (source). Particles within the chamber were exposed to either...
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PMID: 20736113
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From 2005 through 2008, there were 21,503 episodes of invasive MRSA infection; 17,508 were health care associated. Of these, 15,458 were MRSA BSIs. The incidence rate of hospital-onset invasive MRSA infections was 1.02 per 10,000 population in 2005 and decreased 9.4% per year (95% confidence interva...
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PMID: 20699455
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The purpose of this study is to review the management and running of the Helsinki Skin Bank between the years 2001 and 2008. Further aims were to assess the microbiological safety of the glycerol-preserved allograft skin and analyse its clinical use. The files of the Helsinki Skin Bank were reviewed...
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PMID: 20492012
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common and important pathogen in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). With the advent of modern genotyping, a number of clonal strains of P. aeruginosa have been identified, some of which are associated with increased morbidity. The route of cross-infection between people wi...
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PMID: 20658913
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Mathematical modeling can be used for the development and implementation of infection control policy to combat outbreaks and epidemics of communicable viral diseases. Here an outline is provided of basic concepts and approaches used in mathematical modeling and parameterization of disease transmissi...
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PMID: 20218764
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