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Mashup Score: 14VanB transposon analysis detects horizontal gene transfer in vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium: description of two outbreaks. - 2 day(s) ago
Outbreaks with vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) are common in hospitals worldwide. Whole genome MLST (wgMLST) is often used to identify outbreak strains, but VRE typing can still be challenging due to their limited genomic variation.
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Mashup Score: 2Defining water safety in healthcare premises - 2 day(s) ago
The term ‘water safety’ in healthcare is often applied to every stage of the life-cycle of a building from design, construction, installation, commissioning, occupation through to decommissioning and demolition, and yet it is poorly defined.
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Mashup Score: 7Integrating Infection Prevention into Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Dual Strategy for NICU Stewardship - 4 day(s) ago
We read with great interest the study by Tas et al. [1], which evaluated a vancomycin stewardship programme in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). In their quasi-experimental study, the authors implemented interventions such as staff education, standardized protocols for vancomycin use, and prospective audit and feedback. Their results were impressive; vancomycin initiation decreased by 57%, and total vancomycin days of therapy per 1000 patient-days dropped from 113 to 45 (a 60% reduction).
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Mashup Score: 1Effect of tissue adhesive application on central line-associated bloodstream infections: A multi-centre retrospective study - 5 day(s) ago
To investigate whether tissue adhesive (TA, 2-octyl blended with n-butyl cyanoacrylate) application to centrally/femorally inserted central catheters (CICCs/FICCs) exit sites could reduce the occurrence of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI).
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Widespread use of lateral flow device (LFD) testing of healthcare workers (HCW) during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed for rapid diagnosis, informing sickness absence.
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Mashup Score: 3Revisiting Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: Insights from an Unconventional Approach - 7 day(s) ago
Patients admitted to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) constitute a high-risk group with a heightened likelihood of receiving inappropriate antimicrobial prescriptions. This study describes an Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme (ASP) in the PICU of a tertiary hospital in Italy.
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Mashup Score: 12
This study reports trends in the epidemiology of surgical site infections (SSI) complicating coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and describes changes in surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) compliance and causative pathogens over time.
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Mashup Score: 7Implementation of surgical site infection prophylaxis in children – a cross sectional prospective study - 9 day(s) ago
Surgical Site Infections (SSI) are a common cause for morbidity and mortality in both adults and children. In paediatric surgery, evidence on specific prevention measures is lacking and practice mainly depends on local guidelines and treating team’s preferences.Aim We aimed to investigate current practice for children undergoing surgery with respect to SSI prevention using a standardized surveillance tool.
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Mashup Score: 17Surgical site infection prevention care bundles in colorectal surgery: a scoping review - 10 day(s) ago
Surgical site infection (SSI) prevention bundles have been used to reduce infection rates in most types of surgery. Bundles tailored to colorectal surgery have been used with success.
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Mashup Score: 2The role of kitchens/pantries in the spread of MDRO - 11 day(s) ago
As antimicrobial resistance spreads it is providing the opportunity to learn about what up till now have been unsuspected routes of transmission.
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Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) outbreaks are common, but typing them is challenging due to limited genomic variation. New work outlines a method for analyzing vancomycin resistance genes alongside wgMLST for real-time investigation 🧬https://t.co/8UKQAtjnbL🧬