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'No touch' technologies for environmental decontamination: focus on ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems

scientific article published on June 2016

1141. Microbial Assessment of Healthcare-Associated Pathogens on Various Environmental Sites in Patient Rooms After Terminal Room Disinfection

article

1143. Epidemiologic Characteristics of Outbreaks Associated With the Healthcare Environment

article

1212. Environmental Contamination Characterization of Two Outpatient Clinics

1220. Effective, Novel, Handheld, UV Technology for Surface Disinfection While Patients or Staff Are Nearby

1242. Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on LTCF Environmental Surfaces

1727. Sustained Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel Disinfectant Against Healthcare Pathogens

article

2440. Using a geospatially explicit agent-based model of a regional healthcare network to assess varied antibiotic risk on Clostridioides difficile infection incidence

article by Sarah Rhea et al published 23 October 2019 in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

2790. Respiratory Viral Testing and Antimicrobial De-escalation Among Hospitalized Patients at a Tertiary Care Facility, 2015–2016: A Matched Cohort Study Series

529. Halting Multi-Modal Transmission of a Novel Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Outbreak

748. The Impact of a Positive Respiratory Viral Panel Among Hospitalized Adult Patients with Negative Rapid Influenza Testing at an Academic Tertiary Care Facility: A-matched Cohort Study

A 2-Year Pragmatic Trial of Antibiotic Stewardship in 27 Community Nursing Homes

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

A Prolonged Outbreak of KPC-3-Producing Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae Driven by Multiple Mechanisms of Resistance Transmission at a Large Academic Burn Center

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

A Systematic Review of Safety and Immunogenicity of Influenza Vaccination Strategies in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

A bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum traced to use of contaminated ice used for bronchoalveolar lavage

scientific article published on 15 November 2019

A case of culture-negative endocarditis due to Streptococcus tigurinus

scientific article published on 17 September 2014

A case of triplicate publication

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

A comparison of environmental contamination by patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a multicenter study

scientific article

A mathematical model to evaluate the routine use of fecal microbiota transplantation to prevent incident and recurrent Clostridium difficile infection

scientific article published on 02 December 2013

A prospective study of transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) between environmental sites and hospitalized patients-the TransFER study

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

A quantitative approach to defining "high-touch" surfaces in hospitals

scientific article published in August 2010

Abstract: Even Better Than the Real Thing? The Use of Xenografting in Pediatric Patients with Scald Injury -- A Single-Institution, 10-Year Review.

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Antibiotic prescribing in 4 assisted-living communities: incidence and potential for improvement

scientific article published on October 2014

Antimicrobial activity of a continuous visible light disinfection system

scientific article published on 30 August 2018

Antimicrobial activity of a continuously active disinfectant against healthcare pathogens

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Antimicrobial resistance patterns of urine culture specimens from 27 nursing homes: Impact of a two-year antimicrobial stewardship intervention

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

Application of Dilute Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Technology for Continuous Room Decontamination of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Negative Results from A Preliminary Experimental Study.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Approaches to Antifungal Therapies and Their Effectiveness among Patients with Cryptococcosis ⬇️

scientific article published on March 11, 2013

Are room decontamination units needed to prevent transmission of environmental pathogens?

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Assessing the risk of disease transmission to patients when there is a failure to follow recommended disinfection and sterilization guidelines ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Assessment of Self-Contamination During Removal of Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola Patient Care

scientific article published on August 2016

Assessment of a Mandatory Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Vaccination Requirement on Vaccine Uptake over Time ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

A Preliminary Study of Germicidal Efficacy against Candida auris

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Bacterial Infections After Burn Injuries: Impact of Multidrug Resistance

scientific article published in November 2017

Bacterial contamination of keyboards: efficacy and functional impact of disinfectants

scientific article

Best practices for disinfection of noncritical environmental surfaces and equipment in health care facilities: A bundle approach

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Bezlotoxumab: A Novel Agent for the Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

Bias with respect to socioeconomic status: A closer look at zip code matching in a pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness study

scientific article published on December 2016

Bloodstream infections in community hospitals in the 21st century: a multicenter cohort study

scientific article

Burn injury outcomes in patients with pre-existing diabetic mellitus: Risk of hospital-acquired infections and inpatient mortality

scientific article

Can Copper-Coated Surfaces Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections?

scientific article published on July 2017

Can Sepsis Be Detected in the Nursing Home Prior to the Need for Hospital Transfer?

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: frequency of hospital room contamination and survival on various inoculated surfaces

scientific article published on 9 February 2015

Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections: Prevention and Management ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Challenges of Antibiotic Prescribing for Assisted Living Residents: Perspectives of Providers, Staff, Residents, and Family Members ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Changes in Pneumonia Incidence and Infant Mortality 5 Years Following Introduction of the 13-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in a “3+0” Schedule in Nicaragua.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Changes in childhood pneumonia and infant mortality rates following introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Nicaragua

scientific article published on June 2014

Changes in the incidence of health care-associated pathogens at a university hospital from 2005 to 2011.

scientific article published on 26 April 2014

Changes in the incidence of pneumonia, bacterial meningitis, and infant mortality 5 years following introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in a "3+0" schedule

scientific article

Chronic hepatitis B infection in healthcare personnel identified after nonresponse to hepatitis B vaccine: A report of 4 cases

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Clinical outcomes with rapid detection of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates from routine blood cultures

scientific article published on 02 October 2013

Closing the Brief Case: A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Community diarrhea incidence before and after rotavirus vaccine introduction in Nicaragua

scientific article published on July 2013

Comparative Effectiveness of High-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccine Among Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Comparative Phylogenomic Analysis of Escherichia coli ST131 Isolates and IncF-type Plasmids from North Carolina Community Hospitals and Other Regions of the United States

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses

scientific article

Comparative evaluation of the microbicidal activity of low-temperature sterilization technologies to steam sterilization

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Comparative safety of high-dose versus standard-dose influenza vaccination in patients with end-stage renal disease

scientific article published on 18 June 2020

Comparison and Temporal Trends of Three Groups with Cryptococcosis: HIV-Infected, Solid Organ Transplant, and HIV-Negative/Non-Transplant ⬇️

scientific article published on August 24, 2012

Comparison of hospitalwide surveillance and targeted intensive care unit surveillance of healthcare-associated infections

scientific article published on November 2007

Completeness of Communicable Disease Reporting, North Carolina, USA, 1995–1997 and 2000–2006 ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Completeness of Surveillance Data Reported by the National Healthcare Safety Network: An Analysis of Healthcare-Associated Infections Ascertained in a Tertiary Care Hospital, 2010 ⬇️

scientific article published on December 5, 2011

Compliance with isolation precautions at a university hospital

scientific article

Continuous room decontamination technologies.

scientific article published in June 2019

Control of healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus: Survey of practices in North Carolina hospitals

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Coronavirus survival on healthcare personal protective equipment

scientific article published on May 2010

Correction: Comparison and Temporal Trends of Three Groups with Cryptococcosis: HIV-Infected, Solid Organ Transplant, and HIV-Negative/Non-Transplant

scientific article

Cost-effectiveness analysis of active surveillance screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an academic hospital setting.

scientific article published on 21 March 2012

Creation of a Geospatially Explicit, Agent-based Model of a Regional Healthcare Network with Application to Clostridioides difficile Infection

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Current Prescribing Practices for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Homes

scientific article published on 18 November 2016

Current principles and practices; new research; and new technologies in disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Decontamination of targeted pathogens from patient rooms using an automated ultraviolet-C-emitting device

scientific article published on May 2013

Delays in appropriate antibiotic therapy for gram-negative bloodstream infections: a multicenter, community hospital study

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Descriptive analysis of healthcare-associated infections other than bloodstream, respiratory, urinary tract, or surgical site infections, 2001-2011.

scientific article published on 29 October 2012

Development of a treatment algorithm for streptococci and enterococci from positive blood cultures identified with the Verigene Gram-positive blood culture assay

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Device-related infections in home health care and hospice: infection rates, 1998-2008

scientific article published on 01 October 2009

Direct, indirect, total, and overall effectiveness of the rotavirus vaccines for the prevention of gastroenteritis hospitalizations in privately insured US children, 2007-2010.

scientific article published on 26 February 2014

Disinfectants used for environmental disinfection and new room decontamination technology ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Disinfection and Sterilization in Health Care Facilities: An Overview and Current Issues

scientific article

Disinfection and sterilization in health care facilities: what clinicians need to know

scientific article

Disinfection and sterilization: An overview ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Disinfection of a probe used in ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy

scientific article published on 22 June 2007

Disinfection of an infrared coagulation device used to treat hemorrhoids ⬇️

scientific article published on August 11, 2011

Disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis: An overview

scientific article published on May 2016

Disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis: An overview

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Disinfection, sterilization, and antisepsis: Principles, practices, current issues, new research, and new technologies

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Does a mobile dust-containment cart reduce the risk of healthcare-associated fungal infections during above-ceiling work?

scientific article published on 09 October 2020

Does coating all room surfaces with an ultraviolet C light-nanoreflective coating improve decontamination compared with coating only the walls?

scientific article published on 03 February 2014

ERCP scopes: what can we do to prevent infections?

scientific article

Economic and Microbiologic Evaluation of Single-Dose Vial Extension for Hazardous Drugs ⬇️

scientific article published on June 12, 2012

Effect of single- versus double-gloving on virus transfer to health care workers’ skin and clothing during removal of personal protective equipment ⬇️

scientific article published on August 10, 2011

Effective High-Level Disinfection of Cystoscopes: Is Perfusion of Channels Required?

scientific article

Effectiveness of Prenatal Tdap Immunization in the Prevention of Infant Pertussis in the United States.

scientific article

Effectiveness of Prenatal Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acellular Pertussis Vaccination in the Prevention of Infant Pertussis in the U.S.

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Effectiveness of improved hydrogen peroxide in decontaminating privacy curtains contaminated with multidrug-resistant pathogens

scientific article published on April 2014

Effectiveness of targeted enhanced terminal room disinfection on hospital-wide acquisition and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile: a secondary analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial with cro

scientific article published on 04 June 2018

Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials

scientific article published on May 2016

Effects of air temperature and relative humidity on coronavirus survival on surfaces

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Effects of long-term storage on sterility of medical supplies

scientific article published in May 2006

Efficacy of Improved Hydrogen Peroxide against Important Healthcare-Associated Pathogens ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2012

Efficacy of different cleaning and disinfection methods against Clostridium difficile spores: importance of physical removal versus sporicidal inactivation

scientific article published on October 25, 2012

Efficacy of hospital germicides against adenovirus 8, a common cause of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in health care facilities

scientific article published in April 2006

Efficacy of selected hand hygiene agents used to remove Bacillus atrophaeus (a surrogate of Bacillus anthracis) from contaminated hands

scientific article published in March 2003

Emerging infectious diseases: Focus on infection control issues for novel coronaviruses (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-CoV), hemorrhagic fever viruses (Lassa and Ebola), and highly pathogenic avian influe

scientific article

Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection

scientific article published on 31 July 2018

Enhanced terminal room disinfection and acquisition and infection caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and Clostridium difficile (the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room Disinfection study): a cluster-randomised, multicentre, crossover study

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Epidemiologic characteristics of health care-associated outbreaks and lessons learned from multiple outbreak investigations with a focus on the usefulness of routine molecular analysis

scientific article published on 16 March 2018

Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infection in a Community Hospital Network

scientific article published on 11 February 2016

Etiology of childhood diarrhea after rotavirus vaccine introduction: a prospective, population-based study in Nicaragua

scientific article

Evaluating North Carolina's policy for healthcare personnel living with HIV and hepatitis B who perform invasive procedures after 25 years of implementation

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Evaluation and Management of the Nursing Home Resident With Respiratory Symptoms and an Equivocal Chest X-Ray Report

scientific article

Evaluation of Cloth Masks and Modified Procedure Masks as Personal Protective Equipment for the Public During the COVID-19 Pandemic

scientific article published on 10 December 2020

Evaluation of dilute hydrogen peroxide technology for continuous room decontamination of multidrug-resistant organisms

scientific article published on 02 October 2019

Even Better Than the Real Thing? Xenografting in Pediatric Patients with Scald Injury

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Exposure to Human-Associated Chemical Markers of Fecal Contamination and Self-Reported Illness among Swimmers at Recreational Beaches

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

Exposure to human-associated fecal indicators and self-reported illness among swimmers at recreational beaches: a cohort study

scientific article published on 2 October 2017

Fear, Access, and the Real-Time Estimation of Etiological Parameters for Outbreaks of Novel Pathogens

scientific article (preprint)

Filtration Efficiency of Hospital Face Mask Alternatives Available for Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

scientific article published on 11 August 2020

Frequency of contamination of single-patient-use nebulizers over time

scientific article published on 10 November 2014

From VAP to VAE: Implications of the New CDC Definitions on a Burn Intensive Care Unit Population

scientific article published on 17 April 2017

Gastrointestinal endoscopes: a need to shift from disinfection to sterilization?

scientific article published in October 2014

Generalisability of vaccine effectiveness estimates: an analysis of cases included in a postlicensure evaluation of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in the USA.

scientific article published on 28 August 2017

Genomic Analysis of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli from North Carolina Community Hospitals: Ongoing Circulation of CTX-M-Producing ST131-H30Rx and ST131-H30R1 Strains

scientific article published on 5 June 2017

Germicidal Activity against Carbapenem/Colistin-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Using a Quantitative Carrier Test Method.

scientific article published on 7 May 2018

Germicidal Activity against Carbapenem/Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae Using a Quantitative Carrier Test Method.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Guideline for disinfection and sterilization of prion-contaminated medical instruments

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

Hand-washing and diapering equipment reduces disease among children in out-of-home child care centers.

scientific article published in July 2007

Healthcare Outbreaks Associated With a Water Reservoir and Infection Prevention Strategies

scientific article

Healthcare infections associated with care and treatment of humans and animals

scientific article published in December 2008

Healthcare worker with "pertussis": consequences of a false-positive polymerase chain reaction test result

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Healthcare-Associated Mycobacterium chimaera Transmission and Infection Prevention Challenges: Role of Heater-Cooler Units as a Water Source in Cardiac Surgery

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Healthcare-associated infections among patients in a large burn intensive care unit: incidence and pathogens, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 2 September 2014

Hepatitis C Virus Outbreaks in Hemodialysis Centers: A Continuing Problem

scientific article published on February 2016

High Levels of Hand-Hygiene Compliance Are a Worthwhile Pursuit

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

High-level human herpesvirus-6 viremia associated with onset of Stevens-Johnson syndrome: report of two cases

scientific article

Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections: estimating all-cause mortality and length of stay

scientific article

Hospitalization and skilled nursing care are predictors of influenza vaccination among patients on hemodialysis: evidence of confounding by frailty

scientific article

Household management of childhood diarrhoea: a population-based study in Nicaragua

scientific article

How to assess risk of disease transmission to patients when there is a failure to follow recommended disinfection and sterilization guidelines

scientific article published on 24 January 2007

How to improve influenza vaccine coverage of healthcare personnel

scientific article published on 16 December 2016

Identification of novel risk factors for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection using spatial statistics and geographic information system analyses

scientific article

Immunization for vaccine-preventable diseases: why aren't we protecting our students?

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Immunization of immunocompromised persons

scientific article published on November 2003

Impact of Safety-Engineered Devices on the Incidence of Occupational Blood and Body Fluid Exposures Among Healthcare Personnel in an Academic Facility, 2000-2014.

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Impact of a combined pediatric and adult pneumococcal immunization program on adult pneumonia incidence and mortality in Nicaragua

scientific article published on 4 November 2014

Impact of a rapid microarray-based assay for identification of positive blood cultures for treatment optimization for patients with streptococcal and enterococcal bacteremia

scientific article published on 11 February 2015

Impact of a rapid peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization assay on treatment of Candida infections ⬇️

scientific article published on November 1, 2012

Impact of an oil-based lubricant on the effectiveness of the sterilization processes .

scientific article published in January 2008

Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices

scientific article published on 14 January 2018

Improved Survival of Patients With Extensive Burns: Trends in Patient Characteristics and Mortality Among Burn Patients in a Tertiary Care Burn Facility, 2004-2013.

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Improving Research Enrollment of Severe Burn Patients

scientific article

Inactivation of surrogate coronaviruses on hard surfaces by health care germicides ⬇️

scientific article published on January 22, 2011

Incidence and Secondary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Schools

scientific article published on 08 January 2021

Incidence and risk factors of non-device-associated pneumonia in an acute-care hospital

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Incidence and risk factors of non-device-associated urinary tract infections in an acute-care hospital

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Incidence of Catheter-Associated and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in a Healthcare System ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Infection prevention and control guideline for cystic fibrosis: 2013 update

scientific article published on July 2014

Influenza vaccination of healthcare workers and vaccine allocation for healthcare workers during vaccine shortages

scientific article

Influenza vaccine effectiveness in patients on hemodialysis: an analysis of a natural experiment

scientific article

Inhaled Antibiotics for Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

scientific article published on 01 November 2016

Invasive Cutaneous Rhizopus Infections in an Immunocompromised Patient Population Associated with Hospital Laundry Carts

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Isolation precautions for visitors

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

July effect: impact of the academic year-end changeover on the incidence of healthcare-associated infections

scientific article published on 3 February 2014

Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Nurses Exposed to Tuberculous Patients Cared for in Rooms without Negative Pressure after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ⬇️

scientific article published on December 21, 2011

Lessons Learned From Outbreaks and Pseudo-Outbreaks Associated with Bronchoscopy ⬇️

scientific article published on January 19, 2012

Lessons learned from a norovirus outbreak in a locked pediatric inpatient psychiatric unit

scientific article published in October 2005

Lessons learned from earthquake-related tuberculosis exposures in a community shelter, Japan, 2011.

scientific article published on March 2014

Lessons learned: protection of healthcare workers from infectious disease risks

scientific article published on August 2010

Life-threatening Skin Disorders Treated in the Burn Center: Impact of Health care-associated Infections on Length of Stay, Survival, and Hospital Charges

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Longitudinal trends in all healthcare-associated infections through comprehensive hospital-wide surveillance and infection control measures over the past 12 years: substantial burden of healthcare-associated infections outside of intensive care unit

scientific article

Managing the risk of nosocomial transmission of prion diseases

scientific article

Microbial Assessment of High-, Medium-, and Low-Touch Hospital Room Surfaces ⬇️

scientific article published on December 18, 2012

Microbial contamination on used surgical instruments

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Microbiologic evaluation of microfiber mops for surface disinfection

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

Microbiology of ventilator-associated pneumonia compared with that of hospital-acquired pneumonia

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

Modeling inpatient and outpatient antibiotic stewardship interventions to reduce the burden of Clostridioides difficile infection in a regional healthcare network

scientific article published on 11 June 2020

Monitoring and improving the effectiveness of surface cleaning and disinfection

scientific article published on May 2016

Multidrug‐resistantEnterococcus faeciumin a Patient with Burns ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

New and emerging infectious diseases (Ebola, Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Candida auris): Focus on environmental survival and germicide susceptibility

scientific article published in June 2019

New antibiotic agents: problems and prospects

scientific article published on January 2005

New developments in reprocessing semicritical items

scientific article published on May 2013

Next-Generation Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Sequential Outbreaks Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a Large Academic Burn Center

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

Occupational Health Update: Focus on Preventing the Acquisition of Infections with Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Postexposure Prophylaxis

scientific article

Occupational health risks associated with the use of germicides in health care

scientific article

On contact precautions: the good, the bad, and the ugly

scientific article published on 3 February 2014

Outbreaks associated with contaminated antiseptics and disinfectants

scientific article published on October 2007

Outbreaks of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections associated with duodenoscopes: What can we do to prevent infections?

scientific article published on May 2016

Overwhelming disseminated herpes simplex virus type 2 infection in a patient with severe burn injury: case report and literature review

scientific article published on May 2010

Patient Room Decontamination against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Using a Fixed Cycle-Time Ultraviolet-C Device and Two Different Radiation Designs

scientific article

Patient-Care Practices Associated with an Increased Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Patterns of rotavirus vaccine uptake and use in privately-insured US infants, 2006-2010.

scientific article

Perioperative Bacterial Contamination From Patients on Contact Precaution in Operating Room Environment

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Personal Protective Equipment: Protecting Health Care Providers in an Ebola Outbreak

scientific article

Pitfalls in the Development of a Standardized Measure of Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Personnel ⬇️

scientific article published on February 19, 2013

Pneumococcal Carriage and Vaccine Coverage in Retirement Community Residents

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Pneumonia Identification Using Nursing Home Records

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Policy statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA): Only medical contraindications should be accepted as a reason for not receiving all routine immunizations as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi

scientific article published on 17 September 2020

Predictors of Low Uptake of Prenatal Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis Immunization in Privately Insured Women in the United States

scientific article

Prenatal Tdap immunization and risk of maternal and newborn adverse events

scientific article published on 29 June 2017

Prevaccination antibody screening and immunization program for healthcare personnel against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella in a Japanese tertiary care hospital

scientific article published on January 2014

Prevalence and Risk Factor Analysis for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization in Children Attending Child Care Centers ⬇️

scientific article published on December 29, 2010

Preventable Patient Harm: a Multidisciplinary, Bundled Approach to Reducing Clostridium difficile Infections While Using a Glutamate Dehydrogenase/Toxin Immunochromatographic Assay/Nucleic Acid Amplification Test Diagnostic Algorithm

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: Hospital Location of Catheter Insertion ⬇️

scientific article published on August 21, 2012

Preventing healthcare-associated Aspergillus infections: review of recent CDC/HICPAC recommendations

scientific article published on 09 March 2009

Prospective study of etiologic agents of acute gastroenteritis outbreaks in child care centers

scientific article published on 10 September 2008

Protecting healthcare personnel from acquiring Ebola virus disease

scientific article published on October 2015

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-related postoperative endophthalmitis linked to a contaminated phacoemulsifier ⬇️

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Quantitative Analysis of Microbial Burden on Hospital Room Environmental Surfaces Contributing to Healthcare-Associated Infections

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of synbiotic yogurt effect on the health of children

scientific article

Rapid hospital room decontamination using ultraviolet (UV) light with a nanostructured UV-reflective wall coating

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Rates of hospital-associated respiratory infections and associated pathogens in a regional burn center, 2008-2012.

scientific article published on 28 January 2015

Reducing health care-associated infections by implementing a novel all hands on deck approach for hand hygiene compliance

scientific article published on May 2016

Reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients with burns

scientific article published on 20 June 2014

Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections by Exceeding High Compliance with Hand Hygiene Practices

scientific article published on September 2016

Registration of disinfectants based on relative microbicidal activity

scientific article published on April 2004

Relative frequency of health care-associated pathogens by infection site at a university hospital from 1980 to 2008.

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Reply to Eric Schlote regarding "Evaluation of dilute hydrogen peroxide technology for continuous room decontamination of multidrug-resistant organisms"

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Reply to Petti

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Reply to Randal W. Eveland regarding comparative evaluation of the microbicidal activity of low-temperature sterilization technologies to steam sterilization

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Reply to Saliou et al.

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Reprocessing semicritical items: Current issues and new technologies

scientific article published on May 2016

Reprocessing semicritical items: Outbreaks and current issues

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Response to letter to the editor regarding "Occupational health risks associated with the use of germicides in health care".

scientific article

Review of fungal outbreaks and infection prevention in healthcare settings during construction and renovation

scientific article published on 13 April 2015

Risk Factors for Healthcare-Associated Infections in Adult Burn Patients

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Risk factors for hospitalization after dog bite injury: a case-cohort study of emergency department visits

scientific article published on February 2014

Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species

scientific article published on June 2010

Role of the environment in the transmission of Clostridium difficile in health care facilities

scientific article published on May 2013

Room decontamination using an ultraviolet-C device with short ultraviolet exposure time

scientific article published in August 2014

Room decontamination with UV radiation

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Rotavirus prevalence in the primary care setting in Nicaragua after universal infant rotavirus immunization

scientific article

SHEA guideline for management of healthcare workers who are infected with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and/or human immunodeficiency virus

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Selection of the ideal disinfectant

scientific article published on 29 May 2014

Self-Disinfecting Surfaces ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2011

Self-disinfecting surfaces: Review of current methodologies and future prospects ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2013

Self-monitoring by Environmental Services May Not Accurately Measure Thoroughness of Hospital Room Cleaning.

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Semipermeable dressing used to cover smallpox vaccination sites as a cause of skin damage

scientific article published in February 2004

Shifting Sands - Molecular Coronavirus Testing During a Time of Inconsistent Resources

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Short Operative Duration and Surgical Site Infection Risk in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Procedures

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Six-year molecular analysis of Burkholderia cepacia complex isolates among cystic fibrosis patients at a referral center for lung transplantation

scientific article

Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection Due to Contaminated Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Graft.

scientific article

Statewide costs of health care-associated infections: estimates for acute care hospitals in North Carolina

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Sterilization of endoscopic instruments--reply.

scientific article

Sterilization, High-Level Disinfection, and Environmental Cleaning ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Successfully reducing antibiotic prescribing in nursing homes

scientific article

Surface Disinfection: Treatment Time (Wipes and Sprays) Versus Contact Time (Liquids).

scientific article published in March 2018

Survey of North Carolina hospital policies regarding visitor use of personal protective equipment for entering the rooms of patients under isolation precautions

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Survival of surrogate coronaviruses in water. ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 February 2009

Susceptibility of Candida auris and Candida albicans to 21 germicides used in healthcare facilities

scientific article published on 15 February 2019

Susceptibility to measles, mumps, and rubella in newly hired (2006-2008) healthcare workers born before 1957

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Sustained and prolonged reduction in central line-associated bloodstream infections as a result of multiple interventions

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Syndromic surveillance for emerging infections in office practice using billing data

scientific article

Systems-based Practice in Burn Care: Prevention, Management, and Economic Impact of Health Care-associated Infections

scientific article published on 29 July 2017

The Antibiotic Prescribing Pathway for Presumed Urinary Tract Infections in Nursing Home Residents

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The Brief Case: A Fatal Case of Necrotizing Fasciitis Due to Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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The Nursing Home Pneumonia Risk Index: A Simple, Valid MDS-Based Method of Identifying 6-Month Risk for Pneumonia and Mortality

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The Role of the Environment in Transmission of Clostridium difficile Infection in Healthcare Facilities ⬇️

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The benefits of surface disinfection

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The benefits of surface disinfection

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The compliance coach: A bedside observer, auditor, and educator as part of an infection prevention department's team approach for improving central line care and reducing central line-associated bloodstream infection risk

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The effects of test variables on the efficacy of hand hygiene agents

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The growing importance of non-device-associated healthcare-associated infections: a relative proportion and incidence study at an academic medical center, 2008-2012.

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The holy grail of hand hygiene compliance: Just-in-time peer coaching that leads to behavior change

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The perplexing problem of persistently PCR-positive personnel

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The role of patient care items as a fomite in healthcare-associated outbreaks and infection prevention

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The role of the healthcare surface environment in SARS-CoV-2 transmission and potential control measures

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The role of the surface environment in healthcare-associated infections

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Timeline of health care-associated infections and pathogens after burn injuries

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Understanding and preventing transmission of healthcare-associated pathogens due to the contaminated hospital environment

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Understanding the effect of ultraviolet light intensity on disinfection performance through the use of ultraviolet measurements and simulation

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Urine Culture Testing in Community Nursing Homes: Gateway to Antibiotic Overprescribing

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Use of germicides in health care settings-is there a relationship between germicide use and antimicrobial resistance: A concise review

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Use of germicides in the home and the healthcare setting: is there a relationship between germicide use and antibiotic resistance?

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Utility of International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification Codes for Communicable Disease Surveillance ⬇️

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Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Is Not a Substitute for Clinical Judgment: Response to Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis

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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcal Bloodstream Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients and Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: Impact of Daptomycin MICs of 3 to 4 mg/L.

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Varicella-Zoster Immunity in US Healthcare Personnel With Self-Reported History of Disease

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Virulence associated with outbreak-related strains of Burkholderia cepacia complex among a cohort of patients with bacteremia

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Virus transfer from personal protective equipment to healthcare employees' skin and clothing

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Water as a source for colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens: Focus on sinks

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What's In A Name? A "Cluster" Of Hospital Epidemiologists

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What's new in reprocessing endoscopes: Are we going to ensure "the needs of the patient come first" by shifting from disinfection to sterilization?

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Whither immunity? The search for effective, durable immunity to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Would a Rose by Any Other Name Really Smell as Sweet? Framing Our Work in Infection Prevention

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