Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Feb 2019
A comparison of the efficacy of multiple ultraviolet light room decontamination devices in a radiology procedure room.
To evaluate the efficacy of multiple ultraviolet (UV) light decontamination devices in a radiology procedure room. ⋯ Many currently available UV devices could provide an effective and efficient adjunct to manual cleaning and disinfection in radiology procedure rooms.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Feb 2019
Multicenter Study Observational StudyInfections after pediatric ambulatory surgery: Incidence and risk factors.
To describe the epidemiology of surgical site infections (SSIs) after pediatric ambulatory surgery. ⋯ The rate of NHSN-defined SSI after pediatric ambulatory surgery was low, although a substantial additional burden of infectious morbidity related to surgery might not have been captured by standard surveillance strategies and definitions.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Feb 2019
Human factors-based risk analysis to improve the safety of doffing enhanced personal protective equipment.
To systematically assess enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE) doffing safety risks. ⋯ Despite detailed guidelines, our study revealed 103 enhanced PPE doffing failure modes. Analysis of the failure modes suggests potential mitigation strategies to decrease self-contamination risk during enhanced PPE doffing.