Isolation of extensively drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from environmental surfaces inside intensive care units

Q Ababneh, S Abulaila, Z Jaradat - American Journal of Infection Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that has emerged as a
major threat in the health-care settings, particularly intensive care units (ICUs). The aim of …

Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contamination of Frequently Touched Objects in Intensive Care Units: Potential Threat of Nosocomial Infections

DR Bhatta, S Koirala, A Baral… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Bacterial contamination in intensive care units is an important risk factor
associated with increasing incidences of nosocomial infections. This study was conducted to …

Estimated incidence rate of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) linked to laundered reusable healthcare textiles (HCTs) in the United States and United Kingdom …

MR Overcash, LM Sehulster - Infection Control & Hospital …, 2022 - cambridge.org
HCTs including patient gowns and other garments, bed linens (ie, sheets, pillows and pillow
cases, blankets, towels), and in 1 instance mop pads for environmental cleaning of floors. 5 …

Antibacterial Activity of Lavandula mairei Humbert Essential Oil Against Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

A Laktib, K Nayme, AE HAMDAOUI… - … Journal of Infection …, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Materials and Methods: Carbapenemase encoding genes were detected by the polymerase
chain reactions and sequencing methods. The chemical composition of Lavandula mairei …

Bacterial Community and Genomic Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from the Environment of a Health Care Facility in the …

M Yasir, AM Subahi, HA Shukri, F Bibi, SS Sohrab… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The escalating transmission of hospital-acquired infections, especially those due to
antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, is a major health challenge worldwide. In this study, a …

Bacterial colonization on healthcare workers' mobile phones and hands in municipal hospitals of Chongqing, China: cross-contamination and associated factors

N Yao, XF Yang, B Zhu, CY Liao, YM He, J Du… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Mobile phones are widely used in clinical settings and could be colonized by
potential pathogenic bacteria which may lead to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) …

Design and development of an IoT-based smart system to monitor and control environment of a laboratory

MM Rahman, S Saha, MZH Majumder… - … for Industry 4.0 (STI), 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work represents a microcontroller-based automated system employed to monitor and
control the laboratory environment from the cloud. A standard LDR (Light Dependent …

A Genomic Snapshot of Enterococcus faecalis within Public Hospital Environments in South Africa

CO Shobo, DG Amoako, M Allam, A Ismail, SY Essack… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Enterococci are among the most common opportunistic hospital pathogens. This study used
whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and bioinformatics to determine the antibiotic resistome …

[PDF][PDF] Drug resistant bacterial contamination of inanimate surfaces, equipment and health care workers in ICU of a tertiary care Hospital in North India

S Farooq, S Rishi, S Dewani, L Bashir, M Mahnoor - Int J health Sci, 2022 - academia.edu
ICU-acquired infections are a challenging health problem worldwide as the patient's
immunity is already compromised and these infections are usually caused by MDR …

Prevalence of antibiotic resident bacteria in intensive care units at Hodeida City, Yemen

SA Alkubati, SAM Saghir, A Alhariri… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - japsonline.com
Hospital-acquired infection in intensive care units (ICUs) is considered a major healthcare
problem that has a detrimental effect on the patients through increasing their morbidity …