Role of toxicogenomics in the development of safe, efficacious and novel anti-microbial therapies [0.03%]
毒基因组学在开发安全、有效和新颖的抗菌疗法中的作用
Jamal S M Sabir,Osama A Abu-Zinadah,Roop S Bora et al.
Jamal S M Sabir et al.
Over the last two decades, occurrence of bacterial resistance to commonly used antibiotics has necessitated the development of safer and more potent anti-microbial drugs. However, the development of novel antibiotics is severely hampered by...
Vineet Gupta,Mohamed H Yassin
Vineet Gupta
Juliet Ferrelli,Marge Hardt DiCuccio
Juliet Ferrelli
Aim: The aim of this paper is to provide a review of the hand hygiene literature and to give an example of the use of this literature to create a multimodal sustainable hand hygiene program. ...
Traffic in the operating room: a review of factors influencing air flow and surgical wound contamination [0.03%]
手术室内的交通：影响气流和手术伤口感染因素的回顾性研究
Marian Pokrywka,Karin Byers
Marian Pokrywka
Surgical wound contamination leading to surgical site infection can result from disruption of the intended airflow in the operating room (OR). When personnel enter and exit the OR, or create unnecessary movement and traffic during the proce...
Vineet Gupta,Mohamed H Yassin
Vineet Gupta
The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has almost doubled over past 2 decades. Despite decreasing overall hospital admission rates for ESRD population, the rate of infection-related hospitalizations has steadily increased. Infectio...
Monochloramine use for prevention of Legionella in hospital water systems [0.03%]
单氯胺在医院水系统中预防军团菌的应用
Sheetal Kandiah,Mohamed H Yassin,Janet Stout
Sheetal Kandiah
Eradication of Legionella species from water distribution systems especially in hospital settings has proven to be challenging. Legionella species causes Legionnaire's disease that is a potentially fatal respiratory disease often acquired t...
Opening Pandora's (tool) Box: health care construction and associated risk for nosocomial infection [0.03%]
开启潘多拉的(工具)盒子：医疗建筑与医院感染风险的关系
Jeffrey D Clair,Sandie Colatrella
Jeffrey D Clair
There are approximately 5,700 hospitals in the United States, 3,000-4,000 that are antiquated or obsolescing. To meet increased service demands, remain financially viable; meet needs to upgrade aging infrastructure and incorporate medical a...
Role of ultraviolet (UV) disinfection in infection control and environmental cleaning [0.03%]
紫外线(UV)消毒在感染控制和环境清洁中的作用
Zubair Qureshi,Mohamed H Yassin
Zubair Qureshi
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is capable of disinfecting surfaces, water and air. The UV technology was used for many years. However, safer and more effective delivery systems of UV radiation, make it a very useful option for disinfection. Eff...
Role of infection control in prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in hemodialysis (HD) patients [0.03%]
感染控制在血液透析患者预防乙型肝炎病毒中的作用
Mohamed H Yassin,Vineet Gupta
Mohamed H Yassin
Hemodialysis (HD) patients are particularly vulnerable to Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and have less sustained and lower antibody response to HBV vaccination. Among blood-borne pathogens, HBV can stay alive on environmental surfaces for over a w...
Polymyxin-B endotoxin removal device: making the point on mechanisms of action, clinical effectiveness and possible future applications: review [0.03%]
多黏菌素B内毒素清除装置：作用机制、临床效果及未来潜在应用的再评价：综述
Franco Ruberto,S Ianni,C Babetto et al.
Franco Ruberto et al.
In this review, we focus on current information on the apheresis procedures for endotoxins removal with Polymyxin B cartridges (PMX). This device has been designed in 2003 in Japan in order to take advantage of the antibiotic effects of Pol...