Assessing the improvement of healthcare workers' alcohol-based hand rub with the Pulpe'Friction audit [0.03%]
基于摩擦的审计(Pulpe'Friction)评估手部消毒液的效果提升对医护人员的影响
Daniel Verbouk,Muriel Péfau,Raymond Nasso et al.
Daniel Verbouk et al.
Hand hygiene is essential to prevent the transmission of pathogens between healthcare workers (HCWs) and patients. Launched in 2019, Pulpe'Friction is a declarative audit that provides a quick assessment of hand hygiene in healthcare facili...
Beyond quaternary ammonium compounds: Evaluating the harms of non-QAC disinfectant agents in healthcare and industry [0.03%]
四甲基铵化合物以外：评估医疗和工业非QAC消毒剂的危害
Mitchell K Ng,Michael A Mont
Mitchell K Ng
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) account for approximately 35% of the U.S. disinfectant market, but mounting concerns about their links to occupational asthma, reproductive toxicity, and antimicrobial resistance as well as their allergi...
Risk of hepatitis C transmission by healthcare workers - a systematic review [0.03%]
医务人员传播丙型肝炎的风险-系统性综述
Roland Diel,Albert Nienhaus
Roland Diel
Background: Occupational acquisition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among healthcare workers (HCWs) has markedly declined in high-income countries, largely due to improved infection control measures and safety-engineered devi...
Practice and attitudes of infection control staff towards diagnostic stewardship measures [0.03%]
感染控制人员对诊断管理措施的实践和态度
Sebastian Schulz-Stübner,Teresa Tamayo
Sebastian Schulz-Stübner
Introduction: In recent years, diagnostic stewardship has gained importance worldwide as part of antibiotic stewardship and infection control programs. However, the specific involvement of infection control (IC) teams in ...
Comparison of effectiveness of skin antiseptics using conventional application with forceps and gauze swabs, single-use applicator, or by wetting skin with a low or high density of sebaceous glands [0.03%]
比较使用卵圆钳和棉球、一次性涂敷器或根据皮脂腺密度高低进行湿敷对皮肤消毒剂效果的影响
Torsten Koburger-Jannsen,Axel Kramer
Torsten Koburger-Jannsen
Background: The preoperative application of skin antiseptics can be performed conventionally with sterile forceps and a sterile gauze swab or with a ready-made single-use applicator. Since the latter is more ecologically ...
Healthcare-associated infections [0.03%]
医院感染
Gargee Anand,Rijhul Lahariya
Gargee Anand
Background and purpose: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) continue to be a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and increased healthcare costs worldwide. Despite advances in infection prevention, the burden of HAI...
Mitigating aerosol contamination: strategies for contamination-free scaling [0.03%]
气溶胶污染的防治：无污染放量生产策略
Arathi Shenoy,Nina Shenoy,Chandra Kolluru Subhash
Arathi Shenoy
Introduction: Ultrasonic scaling has transformed periodontal therapy, delivering effective plaque and calculus removal. However, it also introduces risks through the generation of aerosols and splatter, which can transmit...
Early detection of central line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care unit patients using the systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI) [0.03%]
重症监护室患者导管相关性血流感染的早期预警模型的建立及应用研究
Rijhul Lahariya,Gargee Anand
Rijhul Lahariya
Objective: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are life-threatening complications in critically ill patients, necessitating early identification for timely intervention. This study evaluates the predi...
Julia Hurraß,Eva-Brigitta Kruse-Wehner,Steffen Engelhart et al.
Julia Hurraß et al.
Introduction: Mold, which includes the components and metabolic products of mold fungi as well as other factors associated with moisture, such as yeasts, bacteria (actinobacteria) and mites, occurs indoors when there is i...
Analysis of Candidozyma auris - an emerging threat in intensive care units [0.03%]
芽生菌素酵母auris(Candidozyma auris)在重症监护病房的出现及其威胁分析
Akshata Uppar,Saravana Priya Jayakumar Kalpana,Veena Kumari Haradara Bahubali
Akshata Uppar
Introduction: Candidozyma (C.) auris (formerly Candida auris) is an emerging fungus posing a serious global health threat due to its multidrug resistance and difficulty in identification with standard laboratory methods. ...