Hand hygiene evaluation using two different evaluation tools and hand contamination of veterinary healthcare workers in a Swiss companion animal clinic

K Schmitt, ABE Zimmermann, R Stephan, B Willi - Veterinary sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hand hygiene (HH) is the most important measure to prevent nosocomial infections. HH
compliance in companion animal clinics has been reported to be poor. The present study …

Low risk of transmission of pathogenic bacteria between children and the assistance dog during animal-assisted therapy if strict rules are followed

A Edner, M Lindström-Nilsson, Å Melhus - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explored the bacterial transmission between patients and dogs during dog-
assisted therapy (DAT). Twenty children (55% girls) with a median age of 7 years (range 3 …

Hand hygiene compliance in companion animal clinics and practices in Switzerland: An observational study

JS Schmidt, S Hartnack, S Schuller… - Veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Hand hygiene (HH) is one of the most important measures to prevent
healthcare‐associated infections. Data on HH compliance in companion animal veterinary …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of blaOXA-23 gene transmission in Acinetobacter spp. from contaminated veterinary environmental surfaces: An Emerging One Health threat?

JM da Silva, J Menezes, L Fernandes… - Journal of Hospital …, 2024 - Elsevier
Summary Background Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is a common
pathogen associated with healthcare-acquired infections, and robust infection prevention …

The impediments of implementing infection prevention control in public hospitals: Nurses' perspectives

TA Magadze, TE Nkhwashu, SM Moloko… - Health SA Gesondheid …, 2022 - scielo.org.za
BACKGROUND: Infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes were introduced to
combat healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance and to facilitate the …

[HTML][HTML] Active surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in companion animals: A pilot study in a Spanish Veterinary Teaching Hospital

R Scarpellini, LLV De Mendizábal… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Elsevier
The role of small animal veterinary hospitals in the onset and dissemination of antimicrobial-
resistant organisms (AMROs) is still not clear, and the implementation of an internal …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from dogs presented at a veterinary academic hospital in …

DC Sebola, JW Oguttu, MM Kock, DN Qekwana - Veterinary World, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae are opportunistic
bacterial pathogens responsible for hospital-acquired infections in veterinary medicine …

[PDF][PDF] Antibiotic discovery and resistance: the chase and the race. Antibiotics 2022; 11: 182

K Iskandar, J Murugaiyan, HD Halat, SE Hage… - 2022 - academia.edu
The history of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) evolution and the diversity of the
environmental resistome indicate that AMR is an ancient natural phenomenon. Acquired …

[HTML][HTML] Carbapenem resistance in critically important human pathogens isolated from companion animals: a systematic literature review

AA Rincón-Real, MC Suárez-Alfonso - Osong Public Health and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study aimed to describe the presence and geographical distribution of Gram-negative
bacteria considered critical on the priority list of antibiotic-resistant pathogens published by …

[PDF][PDF] Antibiotikaresistenzen im One-Health-Kontext

G Werner, MA Sin, C Bahrs, S Brogden… - …, 2023 - elib.tiho-hannover.de
Vereinten Nationen (FAO) und der Weltorganisation für Tiergesundheit (WOAH, früher: OIE)
entwickelt wurden und bis heute als Vorlage für die Entwicklung und Fortschreibung von …