The assessment of air quality in unprotected hospital areas: an opinion paper

Denise D’Elia*, Elena Reigadas, Jesús Guinea, Itsaso Artetxe Aldape, José Luis Cantarero Ruiz, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz
*Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Spain

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 4-10

Residual protein assessment in medical device processing: from analytical sensitivity to measurement system reliability

Karin. Bundgaard*
*Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 60-66

A systematic review of paediatric-specific risk factors for nosocomial infections in paediatric intensive care units, 2005—2024

Lingying Wang*, Mei Feng, Yulan Luo, Chunxia Wang, Heng Wang, Yuan Zhang, Xiuling Huang, Minjie Huang, Yongming Tian
*West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 107-125

Associations between perioperative risk factors and surgical site infection in colorectal surgery: mediating effects of intra-operative blood loss

Hongdi Zhuang*, Xianmou Pan, Jie Yang, Lina Ye, Shichao Zhu, Wenzhi Huang,, Ji Lin, Shiyu Li, Weijia Yin, Yi Chen, Fu Qiao
*West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 28-38

’Ur-ine breach of minimum retesting intervals!’: reducing pre-analytical sample rejection from NHS microbiology laboratories

Isabel Garritt*, Olivia Plumpton, William Roach, Emily Shaw, Sarah Walpole
*Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 52-59

Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage among rehabilitation facilities for patients at admission: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Antonio Russo*, Claudia Celletti, Enrico Maria Trecarichi
*Universita` degli Studi Link, Rome, Italy

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 67-76

Clade-dependent resilience of Candidozyma auris challenges surrogate-based disinfectant testing: implications for efficacy testing of oxidative disinfectants

Kira-Marie Mosel*, Anastasia Maharani, Jancy Mathew, Maren Meckel, Alexandra Belitz, Frank Albert Pitten, Henrik Gabriel, Florian Holger Hubert Brill, Katharina Konrat, Anja M. Richter, Joerg Steinmann, Arthur Lang, Raphael Beck, Britt Hornei, Anna Dornaika, Alexander Daniel Wollkopf, Steffen Engelhart, Martin Exner, Carola Ilschner, Nico Tom Mutters, Jürgen Gebel, Marvin Rausch
*University Bonn, Germany 

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 87-94

Updated risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia: findings from a matched case—control VAPRISK study

Islam Ahmed*, Hanan Hasan Soliman, Tamer Habib, Amani Waheed
*Suez Canal University, Egypt

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 95-106

Time to positivity in bacterial and Candida spp. catheter-related bloodstream infections: a single-centre retrospective analysis

Daniele Zizzo*, Claudia Conflitti, Giovanni Scaglione, Giovanni De Capitani, Fabio Borgonovo, Rebecca Fattore, Lucia Galli, Monica Schiavini, Federico Fassio, Antonio Gidaro, Maria Calloni, Francesco Casella, Alba Taino, Arianna Bartoli, Chiara Cogliati, Nicola Busatto, Spinello Antinori, Andrea Gori, Antonella Foschi, Marta Colaneri
*Luigi Sacco Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Italy

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 159-168

Past lessons for the 2026 Bundibugyo virus outbreak: filovirus infection prevention in conflict-affected settings

Klinger Soares Faico-Filho*
*Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 84-93