In recent years, the effects of the physical environment on the healing process and well-
being have proved to be increasingly relevant for patients and their families (PF) as well as …

Objective: This report surveys and evaluates the scientific research on evidence-based
healthcare design and extracts its implications for designing better and safer hospitals …

Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized to be among the most difficult
antimicrobial-resistant gram-negative bacilli to control and treat. Increasing antimicrobial …

The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century: A Once-in-a-Lifetime
Opportunity Page 1 The Role of the Physical Environment in the Hospital of the 21st Century …

The gram-negative coccobacillus acinetobacter, a pathogen once seen only in hot, humid
climates, has become an increasingly common nosocomial problem even in temperate …

In this study a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for Acinetobacter baumannii was
developed and evaluated by using 40 clinical A. baumannii isolates recovered from …

Institutional outbreaks caused by Acinetobacter baumannii strains that have acquired
multiple mechanisms of antimicrobial drug resistance constitute a growing public-health …

Acinetobacter spp. has emerged as a pathogen of major public health concern due to their
increased resistance to antibiotics and their association with a wide range of nosocomial …

The environment may act as a reservoir for pathogens that cause healthcare-associated
infections (HCAIs). Approaches to reducing environmental microbial contamination in …

Background. We investigated an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-
calcoaceticus complex infection among US service members injured in Iraq. Methods. The …