Effective air sampling during and post construction work in the acute healthcare setting: a scoping review

D.A. O’Malley*, S. Whelan, L. Reynolds, R. Fay, S.P. Mathew, S. Bergin, V. Boland, S. Nally
*Naas General Hospital, Naas, Ireland

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 126-147

Environmental, economic, and labour burden of time-related sterility maintenance and the potential reductions from event-related sterility maintenance: a single-centre gate-to-gate modelling study

Kentaro Hara*, Reika Tachibana, Ryosuke Kumashiro, Misa Tomooka
*Kumamoto University, Japan

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 176, 77-86

Association of a context-adapted multi-modal infection prevention intervention with surgical-site and bloodstream infection rates in a resource-constrained hospital: an interrupted time-series study

R. Kesharwani*, A.R. Raikar, R. Agarkar, D. Patel, G. Medha, A. Karda, A.P. Luka, R. Ali, A. Vishnoi
*District Hospital Bilaspur, India

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 15-25

Bacillus-based biocontrol strategy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa—contaminated intensive care unit sink drains: a proof-of-concept study

P.U. Valladares*, C. Laubrières, D.S. Blanc, L. Senn, A.C. Büchler
*Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 36-40

Management and decision-making after implantation of a non-sterilized implant in a trauma patient

L. Tondeur*, R. Wirtz
*Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 70-76

Transmission of dry surface biofilm via and through cotton bedsheets: implications for hospital infection control

D. Chowdhury*, S. Tahir, M. Legge, M. Wang, A.K. Deva, K. Vickery, H. Hu
*Macquarie University, Australia

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 104-111

Study on the removal efficacy and influencing factors of bacterial endotoxin on reusable surgical instruments

Meng Chen*, Weiyang Xu, Xiaohui Sun, Feng Yang
*University of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, PR China

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 141-146

Trends in incidence and antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative bloodstream infections in intensive care units vs other hospital wards: a national surveillance and data linkage study, England, 2017—2024

Matthew J. Wilson*, Olisaeloka Nsonwu, Andrea Mazzella, Olivia Conroy, Mariyam Mirfenderesky, Hannah Higgins, Katherine L. Henderson, Colin Brown, Russell Hope, Jasmin Islam, Dimple Chudasama
*UK Health Security Agency, London, UK

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 175, 210-218

Proactive infection control measures against Candidozyma auris in the healthcare settings: addressing the challenge of air dispersal

S.-C. Wong*, M.O.-T. Kwok, E.K.-Y. Chiu, G.K.-M. Lam, W.-Y. Ng, B.Y. Chau, S.Y.-C. So, C.C.-Y. Yip, J.D. Ip, C.-H. Lee, J.H.-K. Chen, K.H.-Y. Chiu, K.-Y. Yuen, V.C.-C. Cheng
*Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong West Cluster, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 116-126

Developing a standardised surgical site infection prevention bundle: a scoping review of clinical practice guidelines

I. Radman*, T. Poklepovic Pericic, Z. Krizanac, A. Babic, I. Bodys-Cupak, M.M. Bala, R. Tokalic, A. Marušić, L. Puljak, O. Barcot
*University of Split, Croatia

Journal of Hospital Infection (2026) 174, 170-184