Healthcare staff perceptions and misconceptions regarding antibody testing in the United Kingdom: implications for the next steps for antibody screening
Publication date: May 2021Source: Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 111Author(s): T. Robbins, I. Kyrou, S. Laird, N. Morgan, N. Anderson, C. Imray, K. Patel, S. Sankar, H. Randeva, C. Jones (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 28, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Risk factors for the environmental spread of different multidrug-resistant organisms: a prospective cohort study
Publication date: May 2021Source: Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 111Author(s): R. Saliba, T. Ghelfenstein-Ferreira, A. Lomont, B. Pilmis, E. Carbonnelle, D. Seytre, E. Nasser-Ayoub, J.-R. Zahar, D. Karam-Sarkis (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 28, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

In which cases of pneumonia should we consider treatments for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia?
Publication date: May 2021Source: Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 111Author(s): W. Imoto, K. Yamada, G. Kuwabara, K. Yamairi, W. Shibata, K. Oshima, K. Nakaie, T. Watanabe, K. Asai, Y. Kaneko, T. Kawaguchi, H. Kakeya (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 28, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Evolving epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales: one hospital's infection prevention and control response over nine years
Publication date: June 2021Source: Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 112Author(s): M. Foley, F. Duffy, M. Skally, F. McCormack, C. Finn, M. O'Connor, J. Cafferkey, T. Thomas, K. Burns, F. Fitzpatrick, K. O'Connell, E.G. Smyth, H. Humphreys (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 27, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Routine antiseptic baths and MRSA decolonization: diverse approaches across Singapore's acute-care hospitals
Publication date: June 2021Source: Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 112Author(s): F. Hong, S. Salmon, X.Y. Ong, K. Liew, Y. Koh, A. Young, B. Ang, M.L. Foo, L.C. Lee, M.L. Ling, K. Marimuthu, S. Pada, B.F. Poh, K.C. Thoon, D. Fisher (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 27, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

The impact of penicillin allergy de-labelling on the WHO AWaRe antibiotic categories: a retrospective cohort study
Publication date: Available online 23 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): Neil Powell, Robert West, Jonathan Sandoe (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Day surgery: Should we be worried about the occurrence of surgical site infection (SSI) in outpatients?
Publication date: Available online 24 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): Valérie Bompas, Anaïs Andréo, Camille Bouchan, Andréa Rahal, Cécile Ferriot, Florence Le Gallou, Anne-Claire Guille des Buttes, Marie Quimbre, Nathalie Bodet, Céline Bourigault, Didier Lepelletier (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Costs associated with COVID-19 in healthcare personnel in Greece: a cost-of-illness analysis
Publication date: Available online 22 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): Helena C. Maltezou, Theodoros V. Giannouchos, Androula Pavli, Paraskeui Tsonou, Xanthi Dedoukou, Maria Tseroni, Kalliopi Papadima, Dimitrios Hatzigeorgiou, Nikolaos V. Sipsas, Kyriakos Souliotis (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

A splash-reducing clinical handwash basin reduces droplet-mediated dispersal from a sink contaminated with Gram-negative bacteria in a laboratory model system
Publication date: Available online 22 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): P. Aranega-Bou, C. Cornbill, N.Q. Verlander, G. Moore (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Potential Sources of Operating Room Air Contamination: A Preliminary Study
Publication date: Available online 22 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): John G. Brock-Utne, Justin T. Ward, Richard A. Jaffe (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Rapid decrease of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in a large Italian hospital six weeks after the start of the immunization program
Publication date: June 2021Source: Journal of Hospital Infection, Volume 112Author(s): P. Stefanizzi, A. Martinelli, D. Ferorelli, S. Soldano, M. Marra, M. Dell’Aera, V. Dattoli, L. Vimercati, S. Tafuri, G. Spinelli, F. Amoruso, L. Capodiferro, I. De Crescenzo, M. Rella, A. Furio, M. Nozza, G. Riformato, S. Lattanzio, G. Raspatella, A. Tatone (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Pneumocystis exhalation by infants developing Pneumocystis primary infection: putative infectious sources in hospitals and the community
Publication date: Available online 21 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): Laurence Pougnet, Claire V. Hoffmann, Richard Pougnet, Fabien Le Ny, Léa Gaitan, Pierrick Cros, Mathilde Artus, Solène Le Gal, Gilles Nevez (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 22, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

A pilot study of near-field airborne particle concentrations in young children undergoing high flow nasal cannula therapy
Publication date: Available online 20 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): Elliott T. Gall, Aurélie Laguerre, Michelle Noelck, Annalise Van Meurs, Jared A. Austin, Byron A. Foster (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 21, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Molecular Characterisation of Plasmids Encoding blaCTX-M from Faecal Escherichia coli in Travellers Returning to the UK from South Asia
Publication date: Available online 20 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): E.R. Bevan, M.J. Powell, M.A. Toleman, C.M. Thomas, L.J.V. Piddock, P.M. Hawkey (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 21, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research

Fungal and bacterial coinfections increase mortality of severely ill COVID-19 patients
Publication date: Available online 20 April 2021Source: Journal of Hospital InfectionAuthor(s): Danielle L. Silva, Caroline M. Lima, Vanessa C.R. Magalhães, Ludmila M. Baltazar, Nalu T.A. Peres, Rachel B. Caligiorne, Alexandre S. Moura, Tatiani Fereguetti, Juliana C. Martins, Lívia F. Rabelo, Jônatas S. Abrahão, Ana C. Lyon, Susana Johann, Daniel A. Santos (Source: Journal of Hospital Infection)
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - April 21, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research