Effectiveness of a hospital-wide programme to improve compliance with hand hygiene.
2000
The Lancet
Journal Article
Issue 9238
Volume 356
Pages 1307-12
Author(s): Pittet, D., Hugonnet, S., Harbarth, S., Mourouga, P., Sauvan, V., Touveneau, S., Perneger, T.V.
Added October 2012
Persistent contamination of fabric-covered furniture by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: Implications for upholstery selection in hospitals
2000
American journal of infection control
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 28
Pages 311-313
Author(s): Noskin, G.A., Bednarz, P., Suriano, T., Reiner, S., Peterson, L.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are a type of enterococci bacteria resistant to antibiotics especially vancomycin. Enterococci bacteria typically do not cause problems in healthy people but may cause infections (sometimes serious infections) to patients with weakened immune system in body sites such as the intestines, the urinary tract, and wounds. Because of the increasing resistance to antibiotics, VRE infections are much more difficult to treat than other enterococci infections and are becoming a major type of healthcare-associated infections.
Added October 2012
Hand hygiene rates unaffected by installation of dispensers of a rapidly acting hand antiseptic
2000
American journal of infection control
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 28
Pages 273-6
Author(s): Muto, C.A., Sistrom, M.G., Farr, B.M.
Added October 2012
Computer keyboards and faucet handles as reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens in the intensive care unit
2000
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 28
Pages 465-71
Author(s): Bures, S., Fishbain, J.T., Uyehara, C.F., Parker, J.M., Berg, B.W.
Added October 2012
Handwashing compliance by health care workers: The impact of introducing an accessible, alcohol-based hand antiseptic
2000
Archives of Internal Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 160
Pages 1017-21
Author(s): Bischoff, W.E., Reynolds, T.M., Sessler, C.N., Edmond, M.B., Wenzel, R.P.
Added October 2012
APIC state-of-the-Art report: the role of infection control during construction in health care facilities
2000
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 28
Pages 156-69
Author(s): Bartley, J.M.
Added October 2012
Hospital-acquired infections in Norwegian long-term-care institutions. A three-year survey of hospital-acquired infections and antibiotic treatment in nursing/residential homes, including 4500 residents in Oslo
2000
Journal of Hospital Infections
Journal Article
Issue 4
Volume 46
Pages 288-96
Author(s): Andersen, B.M., Rasch, M.
Added October 2012