Modeling hospital energy and economic costs for COVID-19 infection control interventions
2021
Energy and Buildings
Journal Article
Author(s): Squire, M. M., Munsamy, M., Lin, G., Telukdarie, A., Igusa, T.
Added October 2021
Cost-benefit analysis of different air change rates in an operating room environment
2017
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 12
Volume 45
Pages 1318-1323
Author(s): Gormley, Thomas, Markel, T. A., Jones, H., Greeley, D., Ostojic, John, Clarke, J. H., Abkowitz, M., Wagner, Jennifer
Added September 2017
Disposable antimicrobial and sporicidal privacy curtains: Cost benefit of hanging longer
2016
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 44
Pages 854-855
Author(s): Kotsanas, D., Gillespie, E.
Added June 2016
Ebola Holding Units at government hospitals in Sierra Leone: evidence for a flexible and effective model for safe isolation, early treatment initiation, hospital safety and health system functioning
2016
BMJ Global Health
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 1
Pages 1-8
Author(s): Johnson, O., Youkee, D., Brown, C. S., Lado, M., Wurie, A., Bash-Taqi, D., Hall, A., Hanciles, E., Kamara, I., Kamara, C., Kamboz, A., Seedat, A., Thomas, S., Kamara, T. B., Leather, A. J. M., Kargbo, B.
The outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa during 2014-2015 was an unprecedented modern crisis that required novel approaches to outbreak containment and management. In response, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) and the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership (KSLP) in Freetown, Sierra Leone, worked to develop and implement five new Ebola Holding Units (EHUs) in government hospitals, which successfully isolated 37% of the 3,097 confirmed EVD cases within the country’s Western Urban and Rural district.
Added June 2016
Nebraska Biocontainment Unit perspective on disposal of Ebola medical waste
2014
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 12
Volume 42
Pages 1256-1257
Author(s): Lowe, J. J., Gibbs, S. G., Schwedhelm, S. S., Nguyen, J., Smith, P. W.
Added May 2016
Determining high touch areas in the operating room with levels of contamination
2016
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 11
Volume 44
Pages 1350-1355
Author(s): Link, T., Kleiner, C., Mancuso, M. P., Dziadkowiec, O., Halverson-Carpenter, K.
Added May 2016
Effect of hand sanitizer location on hand hygiene compliance
2015
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 9
Volume 43
Pages 917-921
Author(s): Cure, L., Van Enk, R.
Hand hygiene is the most important intervention to prevent infection in hospitals. Health care workers should clean their hands at least before and after contact with patients. Hand sanitizer dispensers are important to support hand hygiene because they can be made available throughout hospital units. The aim of this study was to determine whether the usability of sanitizer dispensers correlates...
Added May 2016
Health economic evaluation of an infection prevention and control program: Are quality and patient safety programs worth the investment?
2013
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 9
Volume 41
Pages 773-777
Author(s): Raschka, S., Dempster, L., Bryce, E.
Added May 2016
The Creation of a Biocontainment Unit at a Tertiary Care Hospital: The Johns Hopkins Medicine Experience
2016
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Journal Article
Issue 5
Volume 13
Pages 600-608
Author(s): Garibaldi, B. T., Kelen, G. D., Brower, R. G., Bova, G., Ernst, N., Reimers, M., Langlotz, R., Gimburg, A., Iati, M., Smith, C., MacConnell, S., James, H., Lewin, J. J., Trexler, P., Black, M. A., Lynch, C., Clarke, W., Marzinke, M. A., Sokoll, L. J., Carroll, K. C., Parish, N. M., Dionne, K., Biddison, E. L. D., Gwon, H. S., Sauer, L., Hill, P., Newton, S. M., Garrett, M. R., Miller, R. G., Perl, T. M., Maragakis, L. L.
Prior to the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, the United States had only one to three specialized biocontainment units. Once the EVD crisis began, a group of reputable American healthcare institutions worked together to renovate a deactivated clinical space into a functioning biocontainment unit (BCU).
Added April 2016
Measuring hand hygiene compliance rates at hospital entrances
2015
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 7
Volume 43
Pages 694-696
Author(s): Vaidotas, M., Yokota, P. K. O., Marra, A. R., Sampaio Camargo, T. Z., Victor, E. da S., Gysi, D. M., Leal, F., dos Santos, O. F. P., Edmond, M. B.
Added December 2015
Low Frequency of Fires From Alcohol‐Based Hand Rub Dispensers in Healthcare Facilities •
2003
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Journal Article
Issue 8
Volume 24
Pages 618-619
Author(s): Boyce, J. M., Pearson, M. L.
Added November 2014
Accuracy of a radiofrequency identification (RFID) badge system to monitor hand hygiene behavior during routine clinical activities
2014
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 42
Pages 144-147
Author(s): Pineles, L. L., Morgan, D. J., Limper, H. M., Weber, S. G., Thom, K. A., Perencevich, E. N., Harris, A. D., Landon, E.
Added November 2014
Patient environment microbial burden reduction: A pilot study comparison of 2 terminal cleaning methods
2012
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 40
Pages 559-561
Author(s): Schmidt, M. G., Anderson, T., Attaway, H. H., III, Fairey, S., Kennedy, C., Salgado, C. D.
Added September 2014
The use of single patient rooms versus multiple occupancy rooms in acute care environments
2004
Coalition for Health Environments Research (CHER)
Report
Author(s): Chaudhury, H, Mahmood, A , Valente, M
Added October 2012
Handwashing facilities in the clinical area: a literature review
2000
British Journal of Nursing
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 9
Pages 82-6
Author(s): Ward, D.
Added October 2012
The Use of EconomicMmodeling to Determine the Hospital Costs Associated with Nosocomial Infections
2003
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication Of The Infectious Diseases Society Of America
Journal Article
Issue 11
Volume 36
Pages 1424-1432
Author(s): Roberts, R.R., Scott, R.D., 2nd, Cordell, R., Solomon, S.L., Steele, L., Kampe, L.M., Trick, W.E., Weinstein, R.A.
Added October 2012
Organizational and environmental factors that affect worker health and safety and patient outcomes
2002
American Journal of Infection Control
Journal Article
Issue 2
Volume 30
Pages 93-106
Author(s): Lundstrom, T., Pugliese, G., Bartley, J., Cox, J., Guither, C.
Added October 2012
Reality of glove use and handwashing in a community hospital
1994
American journal of infection control
Journal Article
Issue 6
Volume 22
Pages 352-7
Author(s): Lund, S., Jackson, J., Leggett, J., Hales, L., Dworkin, R., Gilbert, D.
Added October 2012
The effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients
2007
Critical Care Medicine
Journal Article
Issue 1
Volume 35
Pages 76-81
Author(s): Hugonnet, S., Chevrolet, J.C., Pittet, D.
Added October 2012
Interventions to improve hand hygiene compliance in patient care
2008
Journal of Hospital Infection
Journal Article
Issue 3
Volume 68
Pages 193-202
Author(s): Gould, D.J., Drey, N.S., Moralejo, D., Grimshaw, J., Chudleigh, J.
Added October 2012
