Whereas monitoring adherence to hand hygiene (HH) guidelines is standard practice in
most acute care facilities, practice improvement has been slow. In hospitals primarily …

Health care–associated and hospital-acquired infections are two entities associated with
increased morbidity and mortality. They are highly costly and constitute a great burden to the …

The quest for novel therapies to prevent bacterial infections and blood clots (thrombosis) is
of utmost importance in biomedical research due to the exponential growth in the cases of …

Importance Postoperative hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) may result from disruption of
natural barrier sites. Recent studies have linked vitamin D status and barrier site integrity …

Background: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) remain a major challenge. Various
strategies have been tried to prevent or control HAIs. Positive deviance, a strategy that has …

Background Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are associated with
increased morbidity, mortality, and cost for US hospitals, but many infections are …

Background Evidence-based guidelines exist to reduce health care–associated infections
(HAIs). Leadership rounds are one tool leaders can use to ensure compliance with …

Reducing healthcare-associated infections often requires the use of both technical and
adaptive strategies. The experiences of Semmelweis and Nightingale teach us the …

Background Environmental cleanliness is a fundamental tenet in nursing and midwifery but
often overshadowed in practice. This study explored nurses' and midwives' knowledge and …

Background The accuracy of health care− associated infections (HAIs) statistics in many
countries is questionable and the main reasons of this inaccuracy are not well-known. The …