The Journal of Hospital Infection – a history of infection prevention and control in 100 volumes

Gray, Jim; Oppenheim, Beryl; Mahida, Nikunj

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2018.07.003

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“…Infection of surgical wound is one of the most common complications after surgery, and it is also one of the most common nosocomial acquired infections, which will bring many harms. For example, it increases the patient's pain, aggravates the condition, and even endangers the patient's life, prolongs the hospital stay, and increases medical expenses [36,37]. Therefore, the effective prevention and control of infection plays a very important role in improving the quality of medical care and reducing the infection rate of incisions.…”

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Application of integrated equipment quality management mode of operating room and supply room in prevention and control of nosocomial infection

Zhang¹,

Ding²

2022

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Backgroud: This paper researches the influence of the integrated equipment quality management model of operating room and supply room and conventional equipment disinfection management scheme on the prevention and control of nosocomial infection. Methods: 200 surgical instruments and surgical instrument kits in the supply room of our hospital from May 2020 to May 2022 are selected as research cases. They are equally divided into the experimental group and the control group by the random number table method, and each group is equipped with 100 pieces of surgical instruments and instrument kit. The control group adopts the conventional equipment disinfection management scheme, and the experimental group adopts the integrated equipment quality management model of operating room and supply room. The number of different types of surgical instruments and surgical instrument kits, the qualified rate of surgical instrument cleaning, the qualified rate of disinfection of surgical instrument kits, the wound infection rate of surgical patients, and the satisfaction of medical staff with the quality of the instruments are compared between the two groups. Results: The results show that the different types of surgical instruments (lumen instruments, hemostatic forceps, and scissors) and the number of surgical instrument kits (puncture kits, accessories kits, and instrument kits) in the experimental group are not significantly different from those in the control group (P > 0.05). The qualified rate of disinfection of surgical instrument kits in the experimental group is significantly higher than that in the control group, and the difference is statistically significant (P < 0.05). The wound infection rate of surgical patients in the experimental group is significantly lower than that in the control group, and the difference is statistically significant (P< 0.05). The satisfaction rate of 50 medical staff with the quality of surgical instruments in the experimental group is significantly higher than that in the control group, and the difference is statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: It is found that compared with the conventional equipment disinfection management scheme, the integrated equipment quality management model of operating room and supply room can significantly improve the cleaning and disinfection quality of surgical instruments and surgical instrument kits, reduce the risk of postoperative wound infection of surgical patients, improve the satisfaction of medical staff, and achieve the prevention and control of nosocomialinfection.

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Application of integrated equipment quality management mode of operating room and supply room in prevention and control of nosocomial infection

Zhang¹,

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2022

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“…This concern should be considered a state-wide priority due to the increase in difficult-to-treat diseases and the high mortality rate, which is estimated to be between 33% and 42% [ 1 ]. These multidrug-resistant (MDR, i.e., resistance to three or more classes of antimicrobials) pathogens evolve primarily in a hospital setting after the exposure of patients to antibiotics, resulting in selection pressure [ 2 , 3 ]. Consequently, the development of resistance is dependent on the epidemiological status of the corresponding medical environment, the consumption of carbapenems, and the cross-transmission of MDR strains between patients.…”

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Next-Generation Sequencing of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Patients Hospitalized in the University Hospital Facilities

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Carbapenem-resistant (CR) Klebsiella pneumoniae represents an urgent worldwide threat. We focused on CR K. pneumoniae in selected facilities of the University Hospital Bratislava (UHB) to investigate sequence types (STs), clonal relatedness, and antimicrobial resistance. Suspected carbapenem-nonsusceptible K. pneumoniae strains were obtained from hospitalized patients. Further examination included carbapenemase confirmation, cgMLST, and quantitative susceptibility testing. Of the total 41 CR K. pneumoniae strains, 26 (63.4%) were determined as ST11 in hospital No. 1; of these ST11, 22 (84.6%) were found in the first internal clinic. Six (14.6%) ST258 and three (7.3%) ST584 occurred in hospital No. 2; the most, i.e., four (66.7%), ST258 were detected in the geriatric clinic. In hospital No. 3, we found two (4.8%) ST584 and one (2.4%) ST258. Of the ST11 set, 24 (92.3%) produced NDM-1. Furthermore, seven (87.5) ST258 and five (100%) ST584 strains generated KPC-2. Antimicrobial resistance was as follows: ertapenem 97.6%, meropenem 63.4%, tigecycline 7.3%, eravacycline 7.3%, and colistin 2.5%. We revealed a presumably epidemiological association of ST11 with transmission, particularly in the first internal clinic of hospital No. 1, while ST258 and ST584 were related to interhospital dissemination between medical facilities No. 2 and No. 3. It is essential to prevent the circulation of these pathogens within and between healthcare facilities.

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections at a comprehensive cancer center

Wilson Dib,

Spallone,

Khawaja

et al. 2023

American Journal of Infection Control

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The Journal of Hospital Infection – a history of infection prevention and control in 100 volumes

Cited by 4 publications

References 121 publications

Application of integrated equipment quality management mode of operating room and supply room in prevention and control of nosocomial infection

Application of integrated equipment quality management mode of operating room and supply room in prevention and control of nosocomial infection

Next-Generation Sequencing of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated from Patients Hospitalized in the University Hospital Facilities

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital-acquired infections at a comprehensive cancer center

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