Hand cleansing is the primary action to reduce health-care-associated infection and cross-
transmission of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. Patient-to-patient transmission of …

Background: Infection control programs were created three decades ago to control antibiotic-
resistant healthcare-associated infections, but there has been little evidence of control in …

The threat to human health posed by antibiotic resistance is of growing concern. Many
commensal and pathogenic organisms have developed resistance to well established and …

A simple mathematical model of bacterial transmission within a hospital was used to study
the effects of measures to control nosocomial transmission of bacteria and reduce …

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) recently have emerged as a nosocomial pathogen
especially in intensive-care units (ICUs) worldwide. Transmission via the hands of health …

A retrospective case–control study was performed to assess risk factors and the clinical and
economic consequences associated with acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter …

Background Dynamic transmission models are increasingly being used to improve our
understanding of the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI). However …

Objective: To determine the roles of “colonization pressure,” work load or patient severity in
patient acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in intensive care …

As microorganisms become more resistant to antimicrobial agents, effective infection control
measures will become increasingly important. However, despite multiple studies on infection …

The emergence of antibiotic resistance in a wide variety of important pathogens of humans
presents a worldwide threat to public health. This paper describes recent work on the use of …