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List of works by Hilary Humphreys

A comparative study: do "clickers" increase student engagement in multidisciplinary clinical microbiology teaching?

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A survey of practice and opinions on the use of topical antibiotics to prevent surgical site infection: more confusion than consensus

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

A targeted e-learning program for surgical trainees to enhance patient safety in preventing surgical infection.

scientific article published in January 2010

Air and surface contamination patterns of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on eight acute hospital wards.

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

An Integrated Clinical Microbiology Service Ensures Optimal Early Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Answering Ireland’s call: pathology during the COVID-19 pandemic

scientific article published on 21 July 2022

Application of copper to prevent and control infection. Where are we now?

scientific article published on 26 June 2012

Assessing the sustainability of improved surgical infection prevention practices

scientific article published on 17 February 2012

Audit of the management of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: gaps to be plugged.

scientific article published in November 2010

Beyond conventional antibiotics for the future treatment of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusinfections: two novel alternatives ⬇️

scientific article published on 04 April 2012

CPE Colonization--Once A Carrier Always A Carrier? Response to Lewis and Bart

scientific article published on 09 October 2015

Candida infection of the central nervous system following neurosurgery: a 12-year review ⬇️

scientific article published on March 23, 2011

Canine hip dysplasia in Tibetan terriers.

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Cold Plasma Technology and Reducing Surface Bacterial Counts: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 5 January 2017

Cold air plasma to decontaminate inanimate surfaces of the hospital environment.

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma and decontamination. Can it contribute to preventing hospital-acquired infections?

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Cold-air atmospheric pressure plasma against Clostridium difficile spores: a potential alternative for the decontamination of hospital inanimate surfaces

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Combined infection training: a perspective from Ireland.

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Comparison of Rates of Drain-Related Ventriculitis According to Definitions Used.

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Comparison of the antimicrobial activity of Ulmo honey from Chile and Manuka honey against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Contribution of whole-genome sequencing to understanding of the epidemiology and control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 02 February 2019

Controlling the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Is active screening worthwhile?

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Current and future approaches to the prevention and treatment of staphylococcal medical device-related infections.

scientific article published on January 2015

Cytokine responses to Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection differ between patient cohorts that have different clinical courses of infection

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DNA microarray genotyping and virulence and antimicrobial resistance gene profiling of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates from renal patients.

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Decontamination of Hospital Surfaces With Multijet Cold Plasma: A Method to Enhance Infection Prevention and Control?

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Delayed acute hospital discharge and healthcare-associated infection: the forgotten risk factor ⬇️

scientific article published on April 16, 2011

Detecting Clostridium difficile spores from inanimate surfaces of the hospital environment: which method is best?

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Differences in expression of virulence genes amongst invasive and colonizing isolates of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Differential In Vitro and In Vivo Toxicities of Antimicrobial Peptide Prodrugs for Potential Use in Cystic Fibrosis.

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Disinfection is not the same as cleaning

scientific article published on 01 July 2011

Do guidelines for the prevention and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus make a difference?

scientific article published in December 2009

Effect of a novel air disinfection system on airborne micro-organisms in a hospital outpatient clinic.

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

Effectiveness of podcasts as an adjunct learning strategy in teaching clinical microbiology among medical students.

scientific article published on 15 March 2010

Enhanced Tracking of Nosocomial Transmission of Endemic Sequence Type 22 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Type IV Isolates among Patients and Environmental Sites by Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing.

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Enhanced discrimination of highly clonal ST22-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus IV isolates achieved by combining spa, dru, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing data

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Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Infections Using Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptides.

scientific article published on March 2017

Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus Catheter-Related Biofilm Infections Using ML:8 and Citrox.

scientific article published on 25 July 2016

Evaluation of different methods to recover meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from hospital environmental surfaces.

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Evaluation of screening risk and nonrisk patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission in an acute care hospital

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Evaluation of vaporized hydrogen peroxide, Citrox and pH neutral Ecasol for decontamination of an enclosed area: a pilot study

scientific article published on 29 November 2011

Food for thought. Malnutrition risk associated with increased risk of healthcare-associated infection

scientific article published on 25 December 2018

Four country healthcare-associated infection prevalence survey: pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections

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Gender differences in rates of carriage and bloodstream infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: are they real, do they matter and why?

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Guidelines on the facilities required for minor surgical procedures and minimal access interventions

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

Impact of admission screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on the length of stay in an emergency department.

scientific article published on 9 April 2010

In Vitro Approach for Identification of the Most Effective Agents for Antimicrobial Lock Therapy in the Treatment of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

In vitro activities of synthetic host defense propeptides processed by neutrophil elastase against cystic fibrosis pathogens

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Infection control--a European research perspective for the next decade

scientific article published on 9 December 2010

Infection prevention and control in ultrasound - best practice recommendations from the European Society of Radiology Ultrasound Working Group

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Infection prevention and ultrasound probe decontamination practices in Europe: a survey of the European Society of Radiology.

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

Intraoperative technique as a factor in the prevention of surgical site infection.

scientific article published on March 2011

Is It Time To Review The Vaccination Strategy To Protect Adults Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease?

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Is overcrowding a barrier to hand hygiene and how can it be addressed?

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Key priorities in the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection: a survey of European and other international infection prevention experts

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Laminar airflow and the prevention of surgical site infection. More harm than good?

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Low predictive value of positive transplant perfusion fluid cultures for diagnosing postoperative infections in kidney and kidney–pancreas transplantation ⬇️

scientific article published on August 22, 2012

MRSA screening: can one swab be used for both culture and rapid testing? An evaluation of chromogenic culture and subsequent Hain GenoQuick PCR amplification/detection.

scientific article published on 4 November 2009

Managing the consequences of neurosurgical intervention in a patient with previously undiagnosed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

scientific article published on 01 July 2014

Measures to Prevent and Control Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Do They Really Matter?

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Memory Th1 Cells Are Protective in Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection.

scientific article published on 5 November 2015

Methods for Outbreak Detection in Hospitals-Does One Size Fit All?

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Microbial monitoring of the hospital environment: why and how?

scientific article published on 28 September 2012

Microbiology service centralization: a step too far.

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Molecular Characterization of Nasal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Showing Increasing Prevalence of Mupirocin Resistance and Associated Multidrug Resistance following Attempted Decolonization

scientific article published on 27 August 2018

Multiplex PCR to determine Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing otitis media in the Republic of Ireland with further characterisation of antimicrobial susceptibilities and genotypes.

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Mupirocin resistance: clinical implications and potential alternatives for the eradication of MRSA.

scientific article published on 03 July 2015

Near-patient environmental contamination of an intensive care unit with Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE) and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) before and after the introduction of chlorhexidine bathing for

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Necrotizing fasciitis: The need for urgent surgical intervention and the impact of intravenous drug use.

scientific article published on 30 March 2014

Non-invasive pneumococcal serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibilities in a paediatric hospital in the era of conjugate vaccines

scientific article published on 2 May 2014

Noninvasive pneumococcal clones associated with antimicrobial nonsusceptibility isolated from children in the era of conjugate vaccines.

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Novel anti-staphylococcal and anti-biofilm properties of two anti-malarial compounds: MMV665953 {1-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)urea} and MMV665807 {5-chloro-2-hydroxy-N-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]benzamide}.

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Out-of-hours calls in clinical microbiology: the when, the why and from whom

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

Pathology in Irish medical education

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Patients, public perceptions and political pressures in the prioritization of surveillance of healthcare-associated infection

scientific article published on 04 August 2018

Physician scientists: We need to act now.

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Pilot evaluation of a ward-based automated hand hygiene training system.

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

Postprocedural discitis of the vertebral spine: challenges in diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

scientific article published on 24 August 2012

Potential of host defense peptide prodrugs as neutrophil elastase-dependent anti-infective agents for cystic fibrosis.

scientific article published on 25 November 2013

Potential use of targeted enzymatic agents in the treatment of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm-related infections.

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Precise timing might not be crucial: when to administer surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

scientific article published on 04 April 2017

Preventing healthcare-associated infection through education: have surgeons been overlooked?

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Principles for Disclosure of Interests and Management of Conflicts in Guidelines: Desirable and Undesirable Action and Consequences

scientific article published on 01 May 2016

Priorities in the prevention and control of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in hospitals.

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Ralstonia species - do these bacteria matter in cystic fibrosis?

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Randomized controlled trial of honey versus mupirocin to decolonize patients with nasal colonization of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Rapid urinary antigen testing for the investigation of bacteraemic respiratory pneumococcal disease; underutilised and undervalued?

scientific article published on 3 September 2016

Reduced pro-inflammatory responses to Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection and low prevalence of enterotoxin genes in isolates from patients on haemodialysis.

scientific article published on 9 September 2016

Reflections on a national public health emergency response to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE)

scientific article published on 30 March 2022

Reply: Evaluation of chromogenic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus media: sensitivity versus turnaround time

scientific article published on 12 July 2012

Response to McKinnell et al's original article "cost-benefit analysis from the hospital perspective of universal active screening followed by contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriers"

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Response to the review: 'The 'My five moments for hand hygiene' concept for the overcrowded setting in resource-limited healthcare systems'

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

Role of Patient Awareness in Prevention of Peripheral Vascular Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

scientific article published on 18 November 2010

Screening for MRSA: reply to Kutlu et al and Gomes et al

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: targeted not universal screening.

scientific article published on 17 July 2013

Search and you will find: detecting extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae from a patient's immediate environment.

scientific article published in May 2013

Self-disinfecting and microbiocide-impregnated surfaces and fabrics: what potential in interrupting the spread of healthcare-associated infection?

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Serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing invasive disease in the Republic of Ireland

scientific article published on 19 July 2010

Sporobolomyces roseus in the cerebrospinal fluid of an immunocompetent patient--to treat or not to treat?

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Spread of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft-tissue infection within a family: implications for antibiotic therapy and prevention.

scientific article published on 7 January 2010

Staphylococcus aureus and surgical site infections: benefits of screening and decolonization before surgery

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Staphylococcus aureus: the enduring pathogen in surgery.

scientific article published on 15 October 2012

Surface microbial contamination in hospitals: A pilot study on methods of sampling and the use of proposed microbiologic standards.

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Surgical attire, practices and their perception in the prevention of surgical site infection.

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Surgical site infection, ultraclean ventilated operating theatres and prosthetic joint surgery: where now? ⬇️

scientific article published on May 10, 2012

Surveillance and management of ventriculitis following neurosurgery.

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Surveillance of infection associated with external ventricular drains: proposed methodology and results from a pilot study.

scientific article published on 17 September 2016

Susceptibility of extended-spectrum- β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli to commercially available and laboratory-isolated bacteriophages.

scientific article published on 5 November 2013

The Molecular Epidemiology of Resistance in Cefotaximase-Producing Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Dublin, Ireland.

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

The antimicrobial effects of helium and helium-air plasma on Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

The challenges of implantable cardiac device infection due to Helcococcus kunzii.

scientific article published on 14 June 2011

The epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal disease in older adults in the post-PCV era. Has there been a herd effect?

scientific article published on August 2017

The need for European professional standards and the challenges facing clinical microbiology.

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

The potential contribution of 16S ribosomal RNA PCR to antimicrobial stewardship in culture-negative infection.

scientific article published on 21 August 2017

The recent emergence in hospitals of multidrug-resistant community-associated sequence type 1 and spa type t127 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus investigated by whole-genome sequencing: Implications for screening

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The revolving door between hospital and community: extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Dublin ⬇️

scientific article published on June 2, 2012

The role of topical antibiotics used as prophylaxis in surgical site infection prevention.

scientific article published on 03 February 2011

The value of universal versus targeted screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among admission patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Use of e-learning to enhance medical students' understanding and knowledge of healthcare-associated infection prevention and control.

scientific article published on 25 September 2011

Vaccination against influenza amongst healthcare workers

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

Value of a hospital-wide point prevalence survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales - low-level prevalence confirmed

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in The Intensive Care Unit in a Nonoutbreak Setting: Identification of Potential Reservoirs and Epidemiological Associations Between Patient and Environmental VRE.

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related infections caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis: pathogenesis and implications for treatment.

scientific article published on 03 February 2012

WHO Guidelines to prevent surgical site infections.

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What is the best method? Recovery of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from inanimate hospital surfaces

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

What may be lurking in the hospital undergrowth? Inapparent cross-transmission of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae.

scientific article published on 27 August 2014

When are the hands of healthcare workers positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Would hemodialysis patients benefit from a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine?

scientific article published on 26 January 2019

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