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Mashup Score: 1Pilot randomised experimental study evaluating isopropyl alcohol and UVC radiation in the disinfection of healthcare workers' smartphones - 4 hour(s) ago
Smartphones in medical settings pose infection risks due to harbouring pathogenic bacteria. This pilot study assesses the effectiveness duration of sanitisation methods, focusing on 70% isopropyl alcohol wipes and UVC boxes, aiming to obtain preliminary data on the reduction in Total Bacterial Load 3 hours post-sanitisation. A randomised monocentric trial with two intervention arms (wipes and UVC boxes) was designed. As participants, healthcare workers from three wards at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “A.
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Mashup Score: 0
Mupirocin-based decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus carriers undergoing haemodialysis is not widely implemented due to concerns of mupirocin resistance. In our haemodialysis unit, a strategy combining universal S. aureus screening with targeted mupirocin-based decolonization was introduced two decades ago. In this study of haemodialysis patients, mupirocin resistance was assessed in blood and colonizing S. aureus isolates during two periods.Mupirocin resistance in S. aureus was infrequent in both blood and colonizing isolates.
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Mashup Score: 10
In paediatric intensive care units (PICU), the overall rate of healthcare-associated infections is 18.3 per 1000 patient-days, with gram-negative rods being the predominant causative microorganisms [1]. Recent reports have implicated hospital sinks as primary reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa [1,2]. As the role played by water plumbing systems in bacterial transmission has garnered increasing attention, many efforts to control bacterial transmission are underway [3].
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Mashup Score: 4ENDOSCOPE SAMPLING AND CULTURING METHODS - 7 day(s) ago
Contamination rates reported in the literature for patient-ready flexible endoscopes vary from 0.4% to 49%. Unfortunately, the comparison and interpretation of these results is almost impossible since several factors including sampling and culturing methods, target levels for contamination or definition of indicator microorganisms vary widely from one study to the other. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of six duodenoscope sampling and culturing methods by means of extraction efficacy comparison, while at the same time identifying key parameters that provide optimal microbial recovery.
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Mashup Score: 6
The first British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)-endorsed faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) guidelines were published in 2018. Over the past 5 years, there has been considerable growth in the evidence base (including publication of outcomes from large national FMT registries), necessitating an updated critical review of the literature and a second edition of the BSG/HIS FMT guidelines. These have been produced in accordance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-accredited methodology, thus have particular relevance for UK-based clinicians, but are intended to be of pertinence internationally.
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Mashup Score: 27Trends in viable microbial bioburden on surfaces within a paediatric bone marrow transplant unit - 13 day(s) ago
Despite their role being historically overlooked, environmental surfaces have been shown to play a key role in the transmission of pathogens causative of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI). To guide infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions and inform clinical risk assessments, more needs to be known about microbial surface bioburden.
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Mashup Score: 10
Surveillance of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in Australia is disparate, resource intensive, unsustainable and provides limited information. Traditional HAI surveillance is time intensive and agreement levels between clinicians has been shown to be variable. The aim was to compare two methods, a semi-automated algorithm, and coding data, against traditional surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance methods.
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Mashup Score: 5
The first British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)-endorsed faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) guidelines were published in 2018. Over the past 5 years, there has been considerable growth in the evidence base (including publication of outcomes from large national FMT registries), necessitating an updated critical review of the literature and a second edition of the BSG/HIS FMT guidelines. These have been produced in accordance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-accredited methodology, thus have particular relevance for UK-based clinicians, but are intended to be of pertinence internationally.
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Mashup Score: 5
The first British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)-endorsed faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) guidelines were published in 2018. Over the past 5 years, there has been considerable growth in the evidence base (including publication of outcomes from large national FMT registries), necessitating an updated critical review of the literature and a second edition of the BSG/HIS FMT guidelines. These have been produced in accordance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-accredited methodology, thus have particular relevance for UK-based clinicians, but are intended to be of pertinence internationally.
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Mashup Score: 11Assessing the effects of transient weather conditions on airborne transmission risk in naturally ventilated hospitals - 2 month(s) ago
Many UK hospitals rely heavily on natural ventilation as their main source of airflow in patient wards. This method of ventilation can have cost and energy benefits, but it may lead to unpredictable flow patterns between indoor spaces, potentially leading to the unexpected transport of infectious material to other connecting zones. However, the effects of weather conditions on airborne transmission are often overlooked.
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