Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Ukrainian acute care hospitals involved in treatment of casualties of war: multi-centre cross-sectional study in 2024

A. Vodianyk*, E. Diomin, A. Husakov, I. Havrilov, A. Horbachevskyi, J. Habicht
*World Health Organization Country Office in Ukraine, Ukraine

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 162, 333-338

The canopy: a novel vertical airflow device with ceramic wall flow filters for reducing airborne pathogen spread in hospital rooms

M. Sousa de Almeida*, A. Mayer, J. Frey, C. Lämmle, A. Petri-Fink, B. Rothen-Rutishauser, H. Burtscher
* University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 162, 339-350

VanB transposon analysis detects horizontal gene transfer in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: description of two outbreaks

H.J. Schuster*, R. van Mansfeld, W.A. van der Reijden, R. van Houdt, S. Matamoros
*Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 162, 351-359

Clostridioides difficile in Honduras: a genomic and phenotypic characterization of the persistent RT027 and emergent RT002 genotypes

M. Andino-Molina*, M. Abdel-Glil, F. Hidalgo-Villeda, E. Tzoc, G. Schmoock, M.W. Pletz, H. Neubauer, C. Seyboldt
*Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Honduras

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 162, 386-398

Biofilms and antimicrobial resistance in healthcare: evaluating chlorine dioxide as a candidate to protect patient safety

P. Norville*, S. Dangleben, S. Hardy
*Norvate Limited, UK

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 162, 121-126

Successful implementation of a bundle to prevent increased excessive-spectrum antimicrobial use under new EUCAST susceptibility definitions: a quasi-experimental study in a tertiary hospital

P. Duch-Llorach*, A.F. Simonetti, A. Figueras-Roig, A. Rivera, E. Fernández de Gamarra‑Martínez, L. Gras-Martin, M-E. Moreno-Martinez, J. Ruiz Ramos, B. Zarate-Tamames, F. Navarro, J. López-Contreras, L. Escolà-Vergé
*Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 161, 1-9

Comparison of airborne bacteria in rooms with turbulent mixing ventilation vs unidirectional airflow during the preparation of surgical instruments — an experimental study

E. Torbjörnsson*, C. Olivecrona, A. Lööf Ngo, A. Tammelin
*Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 161, 13-18

Nosocomial bloodstream infection in critically ill patients: is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation a relevant factor?

A. Martínez*, M. Martín-Cerezuela, C. Carrasco, J. Frasquet, R. Gimeno, F. Perez-Esteban, F. Álvarez, J. Pemán, Á. Castellanos, P. Ramirez
*Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Spain

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 161, 19-24

Impact of single-use oral care sets on reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients: a multi-centre study

A. Unahalekhaka*, P. Uirungroj, C. Saenjum
*Chiang Mai University, Thailand

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 160, 12-18

Health economic burden of refractory and recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection in the inpatient setting of the German healthcare system — the IBIS Study

S.M. Wingen-Heimann*, A. Ullah, M.R. Cruz Aguilar, S.K. Gräfe, J. Conrad, K. Giesbrecht, K.-P. Hunfeld, C. Lübbert, S. Pützfeld, P.A. Reuken, M. Schmitz-Rode, E. Schalk, T. Schmidt-Wilcke, S. Schmiedel, P. Solbach, M.J.G.T. Vehreschild
*Medical Faculty and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Germany

Journal of Hospital Infection (2025) 160, 19-25