Single-use surgical clothing system for reduction of airborne bacteria in the operating room

A. Tammelin^*, B. Ljungqvist, B. Reinmüller
^*Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Journal of Hospital Infection (2013) 84, 245-247
手術部位感染の予防には、手術室の空気中の細菌を少数に維持することが望ましい。これを達成するための方法として、換気、および手術室の全職員が透過性の低い素材で作製した術衣（クリーンエアスーツ）を着用することが挙げられる。著者らは、ポリプロピレン製の単回使用の被服システム、および混合素材（綿、ポリエステル）の再利用可能な被服システムの防護効果に差があるかどうかを、拡散チャンバー（dispersal chamber）内および手術時に評価した。空気中のコロニー形成単位（cfu）/ m³ の値は、いずれの条件においても単回使用の被服システム使用時のほうが有意に少なかった。
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Enforcing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use to drive stewardship: experience in a paediatric setting

A. Zaffagnini*, E. Rigotti, F. Opri, R. Opri, G. Simiele, M. Tebon, M. Sibani, the ENSURE Working Group, G. Piacentini, E. Tacconelli, E. Carrara
*University of Verona, Italy

Journal of Hospital Infection (2024) 144, 14-19

Quantifying Glosair^TM 400 efficacy for surface disinfection of American Type Culture Collection strains and micro-organisms recently isolated from intensive care unit patients

An emerging Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive CC5-meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-IVc clone recovered from hospital and community settings over a 17-year period from 12 countries investigated by whole-genome sequencing

B.K. Aloba*, P.M. Kinnevey, S. Monecke, G.I. Brennan, B. O’Connell, A. Blomfeldt, B.A. McManus, W. Schneider-Brachert, J. Tkadlec, R. Ehricht, A. Senok, M.D. Bartels, D.C. Coleman
*Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Ireland

Journal of Hospital Infection (2023) 132, 8-19

Effectiveness of patient and staff cohorting to reduce the risk of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) acquisition: a retrospective cohort study during a VRE outbreak in Japan

K. Kakimoto*, S. Nishiki, Y. Kaga, T. Harada, R. Kawahara, H. Takahashi, E. Ueda, N. Koshimo, H. Ito, T. Matsui, K. Oishi, T. Yamagishi
*National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection (2023) 134, 35-42

Sequential outbreaks of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care units of a tertiary referral hospital in Italy: combined molecular approach for epidemiological investigation