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Assessing colectomies due to Clostridium difficile infection: Increases in the community, but not in the referral center
30 January 2012
Kathleen M. McMullen, Jennie L. Mayfield, Angela Abdul-Hakim, David K. Warren, Erik R. Dubberke
To investigate an increase in CDI-related colectomies, electronically available data were used to identify patients who underwent colectomy and were diagnosed with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI...
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The short-term and long-term effectiveness of a multidisciplinary hand hygiene improvement program
30 January 2012
Mirjam Tromp, Anita Huis, Inge de Guchteneire, Jos van der Meer, Theo van Achterberg, Marlies Hulscher, Chantal Bleeker-Rovers
Background: Although hand hygiene (HH) compliance has been an important issue for years, the compliance rate is still a problem in health care today. Methods: This was an observational, prospective, b...
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Traffic flow in the operating room: An explorative and descriptive study on air quality during orthopedic trauma implant surgery
30 January 2012
Annette Erichsen Andersson, Ingrid Bergh, Jón Karlsson, Bengt I. Eriksson, Kerstin Nilsson
Background: Understanding the protective potential of operating room (OR) ventilation under different conditions is crucial to optimizing the surgical environment. This study investigated the air qual...
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The burden of multidrug-resistant organisms on tertiary hospitals posed by patients with recent stays in long-term acute care facilities
30 January 2012
Dror Marchaim, Teena Chopra, Christopher Bogan, Suchitha Bheemreddy, David Sengstock, Rajasekhar Jagarlamudi, Anurag Malani, Leslie Lemanek, Judy Moshos, Paul R. Lephart, Kimberley Ku, Asma Hasan, Jiha Lee, Namir Khandker, Christopher Blunden, Sara F. Geffert, Megan Moody, Rahbar Hiro, Yujing Wang, Farah Ahmad, Tarana Mohammadi, Omar Faruque, Diixa Patel, Jason M. Pogue, Kayoko Hayakawa, Sorabh Dhar, Keith S. Kaye
Background: Long-term acute care (LTAC) facilities admit patients with complex, advanced disease states. Study aims were to determine the burden posed on hospitals associated with LTAC exposure and an...
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Impact on hand hygiene compliance following migration to a new hospital with improved resources and the sequential introduction of World Health Organization recommendations
30 January 2012
Noel Abela, Michael A. Borg
Background: One commonly cited reason for inadequate hand hygiene (HH) in health care facilities is lack of handwashing sinks and alcohol hand rub (AHR). Methods: Using the World Health Organization (...
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