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.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Dec 2018
Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus infections in patients admitted to freestanding pediatric hospitals, 2009-2016.
We observed pediatric S. aureus hospitalizations decreased 36% from 26.3 to 16.8 infections per 1,000 admissions from 2009 to 2016, with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) decreasing by 52% and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus decreasing by 17%, among 39 pediatric hospitals. Similar decreases were observed for days of therapy of anti-MRSA antibiotics.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol · Sep 2018
Perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis and prevention of hepatobiliary surgical site infections.
To characterize the microbiology of hepatobiliary surgical site infections (SSIs) and to explore the relationship between specific antimicrobial prophylaxis regimens and the development of SSIs. ⋯ Although SSIs at the study institution were associated with pathogens nonsusceptible to the most commonly used prophylaxis regimens, broader-spectrum coverage was not associated with a reduction in SSIs.