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Crowley P, Chatterjee P, Coppin JD, Choi H, Williams M, Martel JA, Stibich M, Simmons S, Passey D, Allton Y, Jinadatha C. Effect of a "feedback prompt" from a disinfection tracking system on portable medical equipment disinfection. Am J Infect Control 2022; 50:1322-1326. [PMID: 35081426 PMCID: PMC9307688 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Portable medical equipment (PME) may contribute to transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms without proper disinfection. We studied whether a Disinfection Tracking System (DTS) with feedback prompt, attached to PME, can increase the frequency of PME disinfection. METHODS DTS devices were placed on 10 workstations-on-wheels (WOWs) and 5 vitals machine (VM). After a 25 day "screen-off" period, the DTS device screens were turned on to display the number of hours since the last recorded disinfection event for a 42 day period. We used a Bayesian multilevel zero-inflated negative binomial model to compare the number of events in the display "screen-off" to the "screen-on" period. RESULTS During the "screen-off" period, there were 1.26 and 0.49 mean disinfection events and during the "screen-on" period, there were 1.76 and 0.50 mean disinfection events for WOWs and VM, respectively, per day. The model estimated mean events per device per day in the the "screen-on" period for WOW's were 1.32 (1.10 - 1.57) times greater than those in the "screen-off" period and the "screen-on" period for VM devices was 1.37 (0.89 - 2.01) times greater than those in the "screen-off" period. CONCLUSIONS The rate of disinfection events for WOWs increased following the implementation of the DTS feedback prompt.
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- Central Texas Veterans Health Care System – Temple, TX, USA
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- Xenex Disinfection Services – San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Central Texas Veterans Health Care System – Temple, TX, USA
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Glowicz J, Benowitz I, Arduino MJ, Li R, Wu K, Jordan A, Toda M, Garner K, Gold JAW. Keeping health care linens clean: Underrecognized hazards and critical control points to avoid contamination of laundered health care textiles. Am J Infect Control 2022; 50:1178-1181. [PMID: 35868458 PMCID: PMC9628009 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Outbreaks of health care-associated infections, particularly invasive mold infections, have been linked to environmental contamination of laundered health care textiles. Contamination may occur at the laundry or health care facility. This report highlights underrecognized hazards, control points, and actions that infection preventionists can take to help decrease the potential for patient exposure to contaminated health care textiles. Infection preventionists can use the checklists included in this report to assess laundry and health care facility management of laundered health care textiles.
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- Janet Glowicz
- Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
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- Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA; Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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- Mycotic Diseases Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Livshiz-Riven I, Azulay H, Koyfman L, Gushanski A, Askira S, Abar VI, Gruenbaum BF, Ivanov E, Klein M, Danziger A, Nativ R, Borer A, Ziv-Baran T, Brotfain E. The long-term impact of immediate verbal feedback of hand hygiene compliance after overt observation sessions, as assessed by continuous closed-circuit television monitoring in an intensive care setting. Arch Public Health 2022; 80:141. [PMID: 35585634 PMCID: PMC9115739 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-022-00887-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Hand hygiene compliance by health care workers (HCWs) is pivotal in controlling and preventing health care associated infections. The aim of this interventional study is to assess the long-term impact of personal verbal feedback on hand hygiene compliance of HCWs in an intensive care unit (ICU) immediately after overt observation by an infection control nurse. Methods An infection control nurse overtly observed HCWs’ hand hygiene compliance and immediately gave personal verbal feedback with emphasis on aseptic technique. Overt non-interventional sessions were also performed. We measured compliance rates using covert continuous closed-circuit television (CCTV) monitoring. We compared these rates to previously-published hand hygiene compliance data. Results Overall compliance rates in the first (41.5%) and third phases (42%) of the study, before and after the intervention were similar. The two moments that were lowest in the first phase, “before aseptic contact” and “after exposure to body fluids”, showed significant improvement, but two moments showed a significant decline in compliance: “before patient contact” and “after contact with patient surrounding”. The compliance rates during the intervention phase were 64.8% and 63.8% during the sessions with and without immediate verbal personal feedback, respectively. Conclusion The overall hand hygiene compliance rate of HCWs did not show an improvement after immediate verbal personal feedback. Covert CCTV observational sessions yielded much lower hand hygiene compliance rates then overt interventional and non-interventional observations. We suggest that a single intervention of personal feedback immediately after an observational session is an ineffective strategy to change habitual practices.
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- Ilana Livshiz-Riven
- Quality Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.,Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine C, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, General Intensive Care Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Infection Control Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Infection Control Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Infection Control Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine A, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, General Intensive Care Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, General Intensive Care Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Infection Control Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Infection Control Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, General Intensive Care Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
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Duszynska W, Rosenthal VD, Szczesny A, Zajaczkowska K, Fulek M, Tomaszewski J. Device associated - health care associated infections monitoring, prevention and cost assessment at intensive care unit of University Hospital in Poland (2015-2017). BMC Infect Dis 2020; 20:761. [PMID: 33066740 PMCID: PMC7562760 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-05482-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Device-associated health care-associated infections (DA-HAIs) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients constitute a major therapeutic issue complicating the regular hospitalisation process and having influence on patients' condition, length of hospitalisation, mortality and therapy cost. METHODS The study involved all patients treated > 48 h at ICU of the Medical University Teaching Hospital (Poland) from 1.01.2015 to 31.12.2017. The study showed the surveillance and prevention of DA-HAIs on International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) Surveillance Online System (ISOS) 3 online platform according to methodology of the INICC multidimensional approach (IMA). RESULTS During study period 252 HAIs were found in 1353 (549F/804M) patients and 14,700 patient-days of hospitalisation. The crude infections rate and incidence density of DA-HAIs was 18.69% and 17.49 ± 2.56 /1000 patient-days. Incidence density of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLA-BSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI) per 1000 device-days were 12.63 ± 1.49, 1.83 ± 0.65 and 6.5 ± 1.2, respectively. VAP(137) constituted 54.4% of HAIs, whereas CA-UTI(91) 36%, CLA-BSI(24) 9.6%.The most common pathogens in VAP and CA-UTI was multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii (57 and 31%), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) in CLA-BSI (45%). MDR Gram negative bacteria (GNB) 159 were responsible for 63.09% of HAIs. The length of hospitalisation of patients with a single DA-HAI at ICU was 21(14-33) days, while without infections it was 6.0 (3-11) days; p = 0.0001. The mortality rates in the hospital-acquired infection group and no infection group were 26.1% vs 26.9%; p = 0.838; OR 0.9633;95% CI (0.6733-1.3782). Extra cost of therapy caused by one ICU acquired HAI was US$ 11,475/Euro 10,035. Hand hygiene standards compliance rate was 64.7%, while VAP, CLA-BSI bundles compliance ranges were 96.2-76.8 and 29-100, respectively. CONCLUSIONS DA-HAIs was diagnosed at nearly 1/5 of patients. They were more frequent than in European Centre Disease Control report (except for CLA-BSI), more frequent than the USA CDC report, yet less frequent than in limited-resource countries (except for CA-UTI). They prolonged the hospitalisation period at ICU and generated substantial additional costs of treatment with no influence on mortality. The Acinetobacter baumannii MDR infections were the most problematic therapeutic issue. DA-HAIs preventive methods compliance rate needs improvement.
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- Wieslawa Duszynska
- Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, L.Pasteura Street 1, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, L.Pasteura Street 1, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
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- The Students Scientific Association by Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland
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- The Students Scientific Association by Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland
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- The Students Scientific Association by Department and Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland
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Teysseyre L, Ferdynus C, Miltgen G, Lair T, Aujoulat T, Lugagne N, Allou N, Allyn J. Derivation and validation of a simple score to predict the presence of bacteria requiring carbapenem treatment in ICU-acquired bloodstream infection and pneumonia: CarbaSCORE. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2019; 8:78. [PMID: 31139361 PMCID: PMC6528287 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0529-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background The recommendations of learned societies mention risk factors for the presence of multidrug resistant bacteria in hospital-acquired infections, but they do not propose a scoring system to guide empiric antibiotic therapy. Our study was aimed at developing a simple score for predicting "the presence of bacteria requiring carbapenem treatment" in ICU-acquired bloodstream infection and pneumonia. Methods Between December 2011 and January 2015, we conducted a retrospective study using a prospectively collected French database of nosocomial infections in the polyvalent intensive care unit of a French university hospital. All patients with ICU-acquired bloodstream infection or pneumonia were included in the study. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to develop the CarbaSCORE, and this score was internally validated. Results In total, 338 patients were analyzed, including 27 patients requiring carbapenem treatment. The CarbaSCORE was composed of four criteria: "presence of bloodstream infection" (as opposed to pneumonia) scored 2 points, "chronic hemodialysis" scored 4 points, "travel abroad in the last 6 months" scored 5 points, and "MDR-colonization or prior use of a β-lactam of class ≥ 3" scored 6 points. Internal validation by bootstrapping showed an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.81 [0.73-0.89]. Sensitivity was 96% at the 6-point threshold and specificity was 91% at the 9-point threshold. Conclusions The CarbaSCORE is a simple and efficient score for predicting the presence of bacteria requiring carbapenem treatment. Further studies are needed to test this score before it can be used in practice.
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- Laura Teysseyre
- Réanimation polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France
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- Unité de Soutien Méthodologique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France.,INSERM, CIC 1410, F-97410 Saint-Pierre, France
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- 4Laboratoire de bactériologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, cedex, 97405 Saint-Denis, France
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- Réanimation polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France
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- Réanimation polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France
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- 5Comité de Lutte des Infections Nosocomiales, Centre hospitalier universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, cedex, 97405 Saint-Denis, France
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- Réanimation polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France.,6Département d'informatique clinique, Centre hospitalier universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, cedex, 97405 Saint-Denis, France
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- Réanimation polyvalente, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France.,6Département d'informatique clinique, Centre hospitalier universitaire Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, cedex, 97405 Saint-Denis, France
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Thapa S, Sapkota LB. Bacteriological assessment of stethoscopes used by healthcare workers in a tertiary care centre of Nepal. BMC Res Notes 2017; 10:353. [PMID: 28754177 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2677-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 07/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Objective Stethoscope is a medical device universally used by health care workers. Stethoscope may transmit pathogens among patients and health care workers if it is not disinfected. The objective of this study was to, determine the level of stethoscope contamination used by health care workers, survey the practices of disinfecting the stethoscope, identify various microorganisms and assess their role as potential pathogens and determine the effectiveness of 70% ethanol as a disinfecting agent. Results This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur, Nepal. Stethoscopes of 122 health care workers from different departments were included in this study. Out of a total 122 diaphragms, 88 (72.1%) were colonized. Only 71 (58.1%) bells and 152 earpieces (66.2%) were contaminated. Micrococcus and coagulase negative staphylococci were predominantly isolated species. The contamination was lowest among stethoscopes cleaned after touching every patient (11.5%) and the difference is statistically significant (P < 0.0001). Significantly lower level of contamination (13.6%) were found on stethoscopes cleaned everyday (P < 0.0001). Only 8.5% stethoscope showed growth with decreased number of colonies after disinfecting the stethoscopes with 70% ethanol. Thus, demonstrating the effectiveness of disinfection. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-017-2677-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Several studies have shown that the waste heat from forced-air warming (FAW) escapes near the floor and warms the contaminated air resident near the floor. The waste heat then forms into convection currents that rise up and contaminate the sterile field above the surgical table. It has been shown that a single airborne bacterium can cause a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) following joint replacement surgery. We retrospectively compared PJI rates during a period of FAW to a period of air-free conductive fabric electric warming (CFW) at three hospitals. Surgical and antibiotic protocols were held constant. The pooled multicenter data showed a decreased PJI rate of 78% following the discontinuation of FAW and a switch to air-free CFW (n=2034; P=0.002). The 78% reduction in joint implant infections observed when FAW was discontinued suggests that there is a link between the waste FAW heat and PJIs.
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Irene G, Georgios P, Ioannis C, Anastasios T, Diamantis P, Marianthi C, Philippe W, Maria S. Copper-coated textiles: armor against MDR nosocomial pathogens. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2016; 85:205-9. [PMID: 27055400 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2015] [Revised: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Soft surfaces in the health-care setting harbor potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi that can be transferred to patients and personnel. We evaluated the in vitro antimicrobial efficacy of two types of innovative copper-coated textiles against a variety of nosocomial multi-drug resistant (MDR) pathogens. Five isolates each of MDR Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterococcus faecium as well as three Candida parapsilosis were tested. The antimicrobial activity of copper-coated para-aramide and copper-coated polyester swatches was compared to that of non-copper coated controls using a quantitative method. Reduction of viable colonies by >3log10 from starting inoculum was characterized as bactericidal activity. No viable colonies of S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, E. faecium and C. parapsilosis were recovered after the first hour of contact while for A. baumannii, no viable colonies were recovered after only 15min of contact with either type of copper-coated textiles. Copper-coated para-aramide exhibited a bactericidal effect at 15min of contact with A. baumannii, at 1h with S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, E. faecium and C. parapsilosis and at 3h with K. pneumoniae. Copper-coated polyester was bactericidal at 15min of contact for A. baumannii and at 1h for the other species tested. Both copper-coated textiles exhibited a rapid and significant antimicrobial effect. Antimicrobial textiles may have a role in the arsenal of strategies aiming to reduce environmental contamination in the health-care setting.
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- Galani Irene
- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital "Attikon", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Rimini Str, 124 62, Chaidari, Athens, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute of Pireaus, School of Applied Technology, Thivon 250, 12244, Egaleo, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute of Pireaus, School of Applied Technology, Thivon 250, 12244, Egaleo, Greece
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- Technological Education Institute of Pireaus, School of Applied Technology, Thivon 250, 12244, Egaleo, Greece
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital "Attikon", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Rimini Str, 124 62, Chaidari, Athens, Greece
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital "Attikon", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Rimini Str, 124 62, Chaidari, Athens, Greece
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- Infectious Diseases Laboratory, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital "Attikon", Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1 Rimini Str, 124 62, Chaidari, Athens, Greece.
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HIV positive patients are a high risk population due to the alteration in their immune status. Health-care associated infections (HAI) have not been well described in this population, with some risk factors reported inconsistently in the literature. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology as well as the underlying risk factors for HAI, specifically urinary tract infection (UTI), bloodstream infection (BSI) and respiratory tract infection (RTI). This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at an academic health system in New York City which included three hospitals over a two year period from 2006 to 2008. There were 3,877 HIV positive patient discharges in 1,911 patients. There were a total of 142 UTI, 106 BSI, and 100 RTI. The incidence rates were 4.35 for UTI, 3.16 for BSI and 2.98 for RTI. CD4 count and antiretroviral therapy were not associated with HAI. Significant predictors of UTI included urinary catheter, length of stay, female gender, steroids and trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX); of BSI were steroids and TMP-SMX; and RTI were mechanical ventilation, steroids and TMP-SMX. Multivariable analysis indicated that TMP-SMX was significantly associated with an increased risk of infection for all three types of HAI [BSI odds ratio 2.55, 95% confidence interval (1.22-5.34); UTI odds ratio 3.1, 95% confidence interval (1.41-7.22); RTI odds ratio 5.15, 95% confidence interval (1.70-15.62)]. HIV positive patients are at significant risk for developing HAI, but the risk factors differ depending on the specific type of infection. The fact that TMP-SMX is a risk factor in these patients warrants further research as this may have significant health policy implications.
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- Mohammed Mitha
- King Edward VIII Hospital, University of KwaZulu Natal, 75 Devon Terrace, Westville, 3630, South Africa
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- Infection Prevention & Control, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Columbia University, USA
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- School of Nursing, Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA
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Reese SM, Gilmartin H, Rich KL, Price CS. Infection prevention needs assessment in Colorado hospitals: rural and urban settings. Am J Infect Control 2014; 42:597-601. [PMID: 24837109 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Revised: 03/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of our study was to conduct a needs assessment for infection prevention programs in both rural and urban hospitals in Colorado. METHODS Infection control professionals (ICPs) from Colorado hospitals participated in an online survey on training, personnel, and experience; ICP time allocation; and types of surveillance. Responses were evaluated and compared based on hospital status (rural or urban). Additionally, rural ICPs participated in an interview about resources and training. RESULTS Surveys were received from 62 hospitals (77.5% response); 33 rural (75.0% response) and 29 urban (80.6% response). Fifty-two percent of rural ICPs reported multiple job responsibilities compared with 17.2% of urban ICPs. Median length of experience for rural ICPs was 4.0 years compared with 11.5 years for urban ICPs (P = .008). Fifty-one percent of rural ICPs reported no access to infectious disease physicians (0.0% urban) and 81.8% of rural hospitals reported no antimicrobial stewardship programs (31.0% urban). Through the interviews it was revealed that priorities for rural ICPs were training and communication. CONCLUSIONS Our study revealed numerous differences between infection prevention programs in rural versus urban hospitals. An infection prevention outreach program established in Colorado could potentially address the challenges faced by rural hospital infection prevention departments.
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- Sara M Reese
- Department of Patient Safety and Quality, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO.
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- College of Nursing, University of Colorado-Anschutz Campus, Aurora, CO
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- Health and Safety Data Services Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO
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